Places irlatr723 Wants to Go

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

Six miles off the coast of Key West, a former military transport ship is now one of the largest artificial reefs in the world.

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

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

Step back in time at this immersive historical village.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

One of the deepest blue holes in the world.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.