Places Heather Marcello Wants to Go

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

These craggy limestone outcrops offer a glimpse at a unique piece of Florida geology.

Approximately 65,000 gallons of crystal clear water pour out of this headspring every minute.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.

The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.