Places roryhmcleod Wants to Go

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

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

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

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

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.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.