Places oviedorose Wants to Go

A trek through the solar system here on earth.

This Buddhist temple is home to a number of towering statues spread over a peaceful wooded park.

This roadside installation gives travelers a chance to stretch their legs. Don't worry—it doesn’t bite!

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

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

An unsuspecting brick building outside Orlando houses decades of train ephemera.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

A public, open-air art exhibit featuring world-renowned sculptures hides in plain sight on the outskirts of Orlando.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

An unassuming corner inside downtown Orlando's library offers a whole new world of the park and its history.

A different kind of swan princess.

This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.

Visitors to this shop will find fossils, minerals, meteorites, skeletons, oddities, and much more.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.