Places kfolsom Wants to Go

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

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

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

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

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

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

An underwater city for the dead.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

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

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.