Places Mortuarism Wants to Go

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

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 unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

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

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

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

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

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

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.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

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

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.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.