Places rubysage Wants to Go

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

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

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

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

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

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

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

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

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

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

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