Places power2encourage Wants to Go

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

An underwater city for the dead.

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

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

What better place to take a seat?

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

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

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.