"Everyone thinks of beaches in Florida, naturally, but I take any chance I get to travel inland to the state's lake-and-spring country, which is particularly beautiful around Gainesville,” says Terry Ward, a Florida-based travel journalist and co-founder of FloridaBeyond. She especially loved sitting on the dock and scoping out the local wildlife (eagles, osprey, and sandhill cranes) at this three-bedroom, two-bath lakefront cottage on the 400-acre Lake Grandin." - Ashlea Halpern