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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Dade City, Florida

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Dade City, Florida

Florida's Volkswagen graveyard

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.
A wood burning locomotive headed to the museum in 1961.

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Pioneer Florida Museum & Village

Step into the past and experience what life was once like in the Sunshine State.

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Kumquat Growers

This central Florida farm is the largest producer of these little golden fruits in the United States.
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Zephyrhills Museum of Military History

This facility, now a museum, once housed and trained U.S. Army Air Force pilots who flew during the Allied invasion of Normandy.
9 miles from Dade City
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Webster, Florida

Florida Bass Conservation Center

Florida’s largest fish hatchery features aquariums, fishing ponds, and local taxidermy.
12 miles from Dade City
The building sat vacant for decades until 2016, when Eric and Donna Burkes led a loving restoration.

Webster, Florida

Richloam General Store

Deep in the Richloam wilderness, a century-old country store is stocked with plenty of stories.
Sponsored By Florida's Adventure Coast
15 miles from Dade City
The imposing house is framed by tall palms and ancient, moss-covered oaks.

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May-Stringer House

This Victorian mansion is part heritage museum, part architectural oddity, and part ghost story.
Sponsored By Florida's Adventure Coast
17 miles from Dade City

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Kumquat Growers

This central Florida farm is the largest producer of these little golden fruits in the United States.
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