Places wintermuteway Wants to Go

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

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

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

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

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

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

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

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

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

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

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

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

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

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

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

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

An underwater city for the dead.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.