Places Sarah Finley Wants to Go

Only through the lens of a microscope can visitors see the true treasures inside this museum.

These ruins are all that remain of what a Spanish barrack that likely housed a quarry overseer, masons, and stone cutters involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marco.

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.

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

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

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

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

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

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

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

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

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

The bizarre story of the mysterious death and hidden treasure of one of Sanibel Island's early homesteaders.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.