Places ShellybearG Wants to Go

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

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

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

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

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

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

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

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

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

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

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

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

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

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.