Places remcrae Wants to Go

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

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

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.