Places heidicgobble Wants to Go

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This central Florida farm is the largest producer of these little golden fruits in the United States.

Visitors to this shop will find fossils, minerals, meteorites, skeletons, oddities, and much more.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

This small museum is home to cannons cast by Paul Revere and the last remaining uniform of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

This unique landscape is the only place in the world to dig for hourglass-selenite crystals.

For more than 25 years, this Philadelphia store has been offering a wide selection of Victorian oddities and antiques.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.