St. Augustine, Florida
Castillo de San Marcos
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Ormond Beach, Florida
The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.
Tampa, Florida
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
Orlando, Florida
A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.
St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
Waldo, Florida
North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.
Palm Coast, Florida
A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.
Jacksonville, Florida
This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.
Flagler Beach, Florida
The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
Gainesville, Florida
This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Reykjavik, Iceland
A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.
Iceland
A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.
Vik, Iceland
Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.
Iceland
If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.
Iceland
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.