Rochester, New York
Central Library's Secret Room
A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.
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Rochester, New York
A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.
Oxford, England
This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.
Blois, France
Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.
Craighat, Scotland
A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."
Sweden
A mysterious stone staircase deep in the Swedish woods, said to have been made by trolls.
St. Augustine, Florida
Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.
St. Augustine, Florida
The smallest walk-in museum in the United States, this miniature museum preserves and displays a range of historic manuscripts.
Jacksonville, Florida
A monolith replica monument of Jean Ribault commemorating the landing of the French in the New World.
Jacksonville, Florida
This collection features more than 240 antiquarian maps from around the world, in addition to historical views and plates focusing on North Florida.
Crystal River, Florida
The mounds on this coastal archaeological site reveal the history of the land’s first inhabitants.
St. Augustine, Florida
These ruins are all that remain of what a Spanish barrack that likely housed a quarry overseer, masons, and stone cutters involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marco.
Jacksonville, Florida
This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.
Jacksonville, Florida
After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.
Apopka, Florida
Approximately 65,000 gallons of crystal clear water pour out of this headspring every minute.
St. Augustine, Florida
The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.
Tallahassee, Florida
This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.
St. Petersburg, Florida
You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.
Pensacola, Florida
One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.