Places joparkman Wants to Go

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

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

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

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

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

At these downtown crossings, pedestrian lights show axe-wielding Vikings instead of the usual walking figures.

Northern Europe’s largest castle ruins sit precariously on an island cliffside.

This distinctive bug-like bridge is made of recycled horseshoes.

This colossal hiking boot, once built for a scout jamboree, serves as an observation tower and barbecue area.

This legendary dive bar boasts a collection of over 1,300 clown figurines.

A beautiful photography exhibition space housed in a former church.

This quiet bird sanctuary on the Danish coast is home to something not usually found in a conservation area: hunters' cabins.

A symbol for the opposition to nuclear power around the world.

A Danish fisherman spent 25 years covering nearly every inch of his home with tens of thousands of shells as a gift to his wife.

Copenhagen's "other" little mermaid marks the historic location of past sea maid sightings.

This Danish art forest places loud works of contemporary art among the pensive silence of nature.

A former smithy turned cultural hub with the capital's largest mural space.

The largest of Denmark's seven mysterious round churches stands on an island in the Baltic Sea.

A spiralling hourglass-shaped tower rises from the forests in Denmark.