Places Ryan Haupt Wants to Go

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

This shrine to bovine consumption and all things fast food is a slice of culinary history both rare and well done.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

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

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

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

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

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

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

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

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

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