Tampa, Florida
Hindu Temple of Florida
A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.
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Goya Paintings at Hotel Haya
Rescued, handpainted reproductions of iconic Francisco Goya paintings, now in a hotel.
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What It's Like to Work in a Synthetic Cadaver Factory
Bodybuilding, for real.
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Gator, Boar, and Venison? Inside the Boldest Bowl of Chili in Florida.
This recipe is one-part familiar, one-part exotic, and 100% delicious.
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Princess Ulele Statues
Tampa’s most famous native royal comes alive in a duo of arresting bronze statues.
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Tampa Theatre
One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.
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Ulele Fairyland Figures
These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.
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Gasparilla Pirate Festival
Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.
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Parque Amigos de Jose Marti
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
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Henry B. Plant Museum
Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.
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Hong Kong Willie
This funky outdoor gallery in Florida is filled with whimsical recycled art installations.
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Two-Headed Gator of Seminole Heights
"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.
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Could Fish Sex Be Keeping Floridians Up at Night?
The mating calls of black drum fish might be the source of Tampa's mysterious thumping bass.
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