Places metexanvt Wants to Go

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

This gas station offers wine tastings and craft beer.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

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

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

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