Places nataliebopp Wants to Go

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

This abandoned bridge is now a favorite haunt for graffiti artists.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

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

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

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

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