Places nothinghead Wants to Go

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

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

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

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.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

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

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.