Eufaula, Alabama
Memorial to Leroy Brown
That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Eufaula, Alabama
The Tree That Owns Itself
An autonomous oak in Alabama.
Florence, Italy
Gipsoteca Bartolini
A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.
Homosassa, Florida
Monkey Island of Homosassa
In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.
Kissimmee, Florida
Monument of States
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.
Rome, Italy
Saint Victoria's Incorruptible Body
The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.
Rome, Italy
Parish Church of Santa Maria del Popolo
A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.
Delta, Alabama
Cheaha Mountain
The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.
Millbrook, Alabama
Spectre Set Ruins
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
Sylacauga, Alabama
‘Falling Star’
A sinuous monument to the first person who was struck by a meteorite.
Permanently Closed
Key West, Florida
Time for Fun
This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.
Permanently Closed
Summerland Key, Florida
Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower
Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Blue Hole
The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.
Florida
Alligator Reef Lighthouse
This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.
Key West, Florida
Dry Tortugas
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Key West, Florida
Hemingway's Last Penny
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Key West, Florida
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum
The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.
Key West, Florida
Truman's Little White House
A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.
Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
Pan Am's First Office
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Key West, Florida
The Conch Republic
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key Largo, Florida
The African Queen
The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.
Rome, Italy
Lacus Curtius
A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.
