Florida is a state full of adventures. The Sunshine State has sunshine, beaches, and Disney. It also has a clowder of six-toed cats at Ernest Hemingway’s home in Key West, a sinkhole to snorkel in in Williston, and a bar where you can sip something cold on the Florida-Alabama border.

Brunch with mermaids at a historic hotel in Fort Lauderdale. Hunt for ghosts in Saint Augustine. Kayak through bioluminescent waters in a river on the Space Coast. Visit a house that breathes in Bartow. Shop for something special at a place devoted to documenting the legendary skunk ape in Ochopee. Explore the history of the circus in Sarasota and the people who ran it outside of Gibsonton. Sip a cafecito in Miami’s Little Havana and then learn to salsa on South Beach. And ride a school-bus-turned-monster-truck in Clermont after visiting a collection of wax presidents.

This is the place where the world vacations. Join Floridian and author Kristen Hare to try a new beach, bar, or spot to shop for treasures, and don’t let the tourists have all the fun.