Places mdesilva Wants to Go

A small strip of artistic displays is tucked away in a flea market.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.

Part of a highway network meant to connect Miami to Montreal, this 10-mile stretch of road made from red bricks is still around 100 years later.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

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.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.