Places shivalilaa Wants to Go

Where friendly staff pair your cigar with coffee and pan con lechon.

Former sea turtle kraals, slaughterhouse, and cannery turned museum.

The last surviving video rental shop in Tallahassee doubles as a cult cinema and community hub.

Honor lost loved ones at this serene wind phone hidden in an environmental preserve.

A joyful oddity that takes the art of clowning very seriously.

A brewpub dedicated to unusual artwork in Historic Downtown Panama City.

This historic silent film-era theater is now a community playhouse with a chilling visitor.

The country’s largest boat parade honors an infamous Spanish pirate—who never actually existed.

The oldest continuously-running professional dinner theater in the United States.

Florida’s largest fish hatchery features aquariums, fishing ponds, and local taxidermy.

The whole world is cooking in one Kissimmee parking lot.

More than 20,000 butterflies can be seen at this spectacular park and research center.

A plaque honors Miami's sister city in the Canary Islands, inviting one to reflect on their place in the world.

Decades of pinball and arcade classics line this South Florida outpost of a popular Northeast arcade.

What started as a tailor shop to help swimmers live their mermaid dreams has grown into a full-scale aquarium, complete with live mermaid shows.

Hands-on activities, childbirth artifacts, and a library are all part of this tiny, one-room museum that examines motherhood and women’s roles throughout history.

This central Florida farm is the largest producer of these little golden fruits in the United States.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

The mounds on this coastal archaeological site reveal the history of the land’s first inhabitants.

This small museum is dedicated to the history of Havana and Florida's once-booming tobacco industry.

A hidden paradise in one of Florida’s most unique rivers.

Kitschy nautical-themed bar has offered mermaid shows and underwater ballet since 1956.

Nearly 200 prehistoric giants lurk among the trees at this theme park.

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.