Places shanemwoods Wants to Go

The oldest house of worship in Palm Beach has a wonderful tropical garden.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

These constructed wetlands naturally filter millions of gallons of treated wastewater every day.

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

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

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

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

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

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

The former desk of Fire Chief Joseph "Bum" Farto is all that remains after his mysterious disappearance following a drug conviction.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

This mysterious twin turboprop Grumman G-159 covered in graffiti has spent a decade and a half abandoned.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

A man's home is his castle.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

This botanical garden has been nicknamed "Alabama's Little Corner of Greece."

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

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.