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Tallahassee, Florida
9/11 Whale Sculptures
One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.
Gainesville, Florida
University of Florida Bat Houses
The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.
Islamorada, Florida
Betsy the Lobster
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Sanibel, Florida
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum
In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.
Chipley, Florida
Seacrest Wolf Preserve
A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.
Homosassa, Florida
Monkey Island of Homosassa
In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.
Homosassa, Florida
Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.
Miami, Florida
Monkey Jungle
Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.
Apollo Beach, Florida
Big Bend Power Plant Manatee Viewing Area
Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.
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Summerland Key, Florida
Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower
Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.
Key West, Florida
Dry Tortugas
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Ochopee, Florida
Skunk Ape Research Headquarters
In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.
Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
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