Places mekelley94 Wants to Go

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

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

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

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

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

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.