Places rachelrcc Wants to Go

This former prison is an Art Deco masterpiece with a past full of civil rights flashpoints.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

The last surviving video rental shop in Tallahassee doubles as a cult cinema and community hub.

This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.

The Tallahassee Airport serves over half a million passengers a year and is home to some permanent residents too.

This divisive system of turtle tunnels was built to save animals stranded after a highway split a lake in half.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

Now abandoned, the first reinforced concrete bridge in Alabama still stands over the Pea River.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

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

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.

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

Working compound meant to allow visitors to reclaim the values and traditions of the past.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

A treasure trove of artifacts dating back to the late 19th century in Alabama.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

The Gulf’s longest fishing pier is a year-round paradise for catch-and-release whoppers.

A brewpub dedicated to unusual artwork in Historic Downtown Panama City.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

Dedicated to the "World's Luckiest Fishing Village."

Interact with jury-selected works of art at this Gulf Coast underwater museum.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.