Places nicoleertl Wants to Go

Tour the oldest family-owned cigar-rolling factory in the country—then learn how to roll your own.

Step back in time at this immersive historical village.

This small museum is dedicated to the history of Havana and Florida's once-booming tobacco industry.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

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

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

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

Once home to more than 50 displays of freshwater fish.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.

Intricate storybook scenes are tucked inside these shadow boxes, which are tucked inside a library in the Pocono Mountains.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.