13 Florida Places You Should NEVER Stop While Driving

There is a beach in Florida where the University of Florida says anyone who has ever swum there has almost certainly been within ten feet of a shark. It has been the shark bite capital of the world for thirty consecutive years. The flesh-eating bacteria in the same water kills one in five people who contract it. The beach is beautiful. Nobody is getting out. That is just number thirteen. 13 places in Florida you should never stop while driving. Some of what happened here is history. Some of it is happening right now. And the last one might give you monkey herpes — but bring your Valtrex, because it is also one of the coolest places on earth. In this video: New Smyrna Beach — shark bite capital of the world, 350+ bites since 1882, flesh-eating bacteria in the same water Dozier School for Boys, Marianna — 111 years of child torture, 55 bodies in unmarked graves, the White House is still standing Bone Valley, Polk County — over a billion tons of radioactive waste sitting over the aquifer, 200 million gallons already in the drinking water Pahokee — second most dangerous city in Florida, 40.9% poverty, more NFL players per capita than almost anywhere in America Rosewood — a thriving Black community burned to the ground in 1923, buried for 60 years, the only government reparations ever paid for anti-Black racial violence in the US Overtown, Miami — the highway you drive through downtown Miami was built directly over it Apollo Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral — where three astronauts died in 1967, open to visitors, no fence Celebration, Florida — Disney built the model community of the future, sold it, and a man killed his entire family inside it Piney Point — 215 million gallons of phosphate wastewater into Tampa Bay in 2021, no cleanup end date Alligator Alley — 80 miles of dark Everglades, no lights, Florida panthers, emergency call boxes every mile (that is the whole plan) The Julia Tuttle Causeway, Miami — the state told released sex offenders a bridge over Biscayne Bay was the only legal place to live and left them there for three years The Devil's Tree, Port St. Lucie — a sheriff's deputy called the Killer Cop. Ted Bundy's pen pal. Black sap. Still standing. Silver Springs, Ocala — one of the coolest places on earth. Also 400 wild monkeys with herpes B. Don't kiss the monkeys. Florida locals — I want to build my next video for you. Vote in the comments: Florida Local Lore and the Paranormal, or Do Stop Here Florida — the locals guide to the best of this state? Drop your suggestions below. I may use your exact words and give you a shout out or maybe even a t-shirt. And to everyone who watched this and thought Florida sounds terrible — the locals will thank you for not moving there. #Florida #DontStopHere #UnhingedAmerica #FloridaMan #FloridaHistory #Abandoned #DarkHistory #Haunted #TrueHistory #RoadTrip #FloridaWeird #NewSmyrnaBeach #Rosewood #AlligatorAlley #CityMuseum #SilverSprings #Dozier #FloridaParanormal #DevilsTree #Pahokee #Celebration