Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

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

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

A seemingly inexplicable memorial honors a beloved Tampa fruit-seller.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

These ruins are all that remain of what a Spanish barrack that likely housed a quarry overseer, masons, and stone cutters involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marco.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

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

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

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

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

Florida’s first home built with eco-friendly hempcrete.

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.

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

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.

Step into the past and experience what life was once like in the Sunshine State.

A local road runs around a memorial to a teenager who died in 1860.

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.

These simple structures are living monuments to the fishermen who built this community over a century ago.