St. Augustine, Florida - Fountain of Youth

St. Augustine, Florida - Fountain of Youth

You can bottle your own regenerative elixir at the fabled natural spring -- for a fee. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

St. Augustine, Florida - Fountain of Youth

50% pure kitsch, 50% hardcore history, the Fountain of Youth is one of Florida's finest remaining vintage attractions. Where else can you drink from the Fountain of Youth, watch white peacocks and see a giant 2-story black light globe?

Amid all the quirky animatronics is some serious history: A Timucuan village existed here 1000 years before the Europeans arrived and wiped them out with disease. [Rick Kilby, 12/06/2008]

St. Augustine, Florida - Fountain of Youth

Back when I visited this place in 2003, they gave out a small cup of Fountain Water to every visitor who sat through the "lecture" in the spring house. Not sure if they're still doing that, but let me warn you...the water tastes TERRIBLE! Typical Florida ground water, full of sulfur and all kinds of nastiness. [auridicyl, 05/20/2008]

[RA: Bleh. We wouldn't drink that stuff no matter how young it would make us. Just kidding! Fill'er up....]

Saint Augustine, Florida - Fountain of Youth

If you're already at the Fountain of Youth, check out their goofy little planetarium. It's very small and the stars are out of focus, but it kinda fits the place. Also they've got some very friendly peacocks that like peanuts. A few of the peacocks were solid white, very cool. [kenny, 11/25/2007]