Places tessjen Wants to Go

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

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

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

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

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

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

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

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

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

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.