Places nicolelacr Wants to Go

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.

The final resting place of the father of American beekeeping.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

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

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

The world's largest collection of autographed baseballs can be found at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.

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

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

This century-old bakery produces 18,000 loaves of traditional Cuban bread every day.

The childhood home of a Tampa sports legend now houses 135 years of baseball memorabilia.

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

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

This facility, now a museum, once housed and trained U.S. Army Air Force pilots who flew during the Allied invasion of Normandy.

A local road runs around a memorial to a teenager who died in 1860.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

Millions of pieces of Venetian glass showcase the life of Christ.