Places Lindsantiago Wants to Go

The country’s largest boat parade honors an infamous Spanish pirate—who never actually existed.

An unsuspecting brick building outside Orlando houses decades of train ephemera.

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

The first atheist monument on public land in the United States.

A hidden paradise in one of Florida’s most unique rivers.

What started as a tailor shop to help swimmers live their mermaid dreams has grown into a full-scale aquarium, complete with live mermaid shows.

A wonderful world of rare fruits and flowering trees grows in a small botanical park in Bradenton.

A general store and steam engine are standouts at this multi-building historic park.

Decades of pinball and arcade classics line this South Florida outpost of a popular Northeast arcade.

The Gulf’s longest fishing pier is a year-round paradise for catch-and-release whoppers.

Kitschy nautical-themed bar has offered mermaid shows and underwater ballet since 1956.

The last surviving video rental shop in Tallahassee doubles as a cult cinema and community hub.

Have a ball telling the time at this giant kinetic-energy clock.

A joyful oddity that takes the art of clowning very seriously.

This oceanfront 1920s house museum offers visitors historic art and rare plants across five distinct ecosystems.

The rounded structure has evolves from service station to citrus to souvenirs to Charley survivor.

More than 20,000 butterflies can be seen at this spectacular park and research center.

This distinctive lighthouse with an iron skeleton is one of the tallest on the East Coast.

This onetime gambler’s den was turned into a destination restaurant, reachable only by boat.

Established to give visitors a taste of Lee County’s natural bounty, this shop offers fresh fruit, soft-serve ice cream, and preserves.

The grave of the first dolphin to play Flipper is located at the Dolphin Research Center.

A brewpub dedicated to unusual artwork in Historic Downtown Panama City.

Honor lost loved ones at this serene wind phone hidden in an environmental preserve.

At this bayside marina, enormous wild tarpon jump out of the water to snatch fish from visitors’ hands.