Even the title sounds odd, but one of the most bizarre and frightening places you could ever visit is the Alligator Farm near where I grew up. The mountain hot springs make it possible for the alligators to survive in such a harsh climate. The place is smelly and completely unsafe which only adds to the excitement when you are a little boy. You can feed the gators and visit Morris the alligator that starred in Happy Gilmore, all while only being separated from these ferocious creatures by some hastily strung chicken wire. The kids can hold a baby gator and I had the opportunity to get real cozy with a giant tortoise, when he lifted his fat little turtle leg and peed all over me.
