Places Edited by planan

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

This botanical garden has been nicknamed "Alabama's Little Corner of Greece."

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

A seemingly desolate park that belongs to two countries actually supports all kinds of wildlife.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

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

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

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

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

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.