Places Michael Glass Wants to Go

This risky summer festival honors a historic volcanic eruption.

The stoutest tree in the world.

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

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

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

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

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

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

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

This collection features more than 240 antiquarian maps from around the world, in addition to historical views and plates focusing on North Florida.

This century-plus-old baseball park has hosted some of baseball's royalty and stands as the oldest sports complex in Jacksonville.

Used as a military post in three different engagements, this fort has remained incomplete and unfired upon for nearly 200 years.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

Papier-mâché folk art recognizing horrors of slave trade.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

A unique museum that uses visual art and storytelling to reveal the hidden history of the Gullah Geechee and their African ancestors.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.