Places tiphanid87 Wants to Go

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

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

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

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

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

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

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

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

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

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

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

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

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

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

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

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

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