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World's Smallest Police Station

Carrabelle, Florida

World's Smallest Police Station

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

University of Florida Bat Houses

Gainesville, Florida

University of Florida Bat Houses

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

World's Largest Entertainment McDonald's

Orlando, Florida

World's Largest Entertainment McDonald's

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

Rock Springs Run winds through a lush segment of semi-tropical forest.

Apopka, Florida

Rock Springs

Approximately 65,000 gallons of crystal clear water pour out of this headspring every minute.

Art Alley

Mount Dora, Florida

Art Alley

A small strip of artistic displays is tucked away in a flea market.

The lighthouse dates back to 1873.

Florida

Alligator Reef Lighthouse

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

Mound Key, in southwestern Florida's Estero Bay, is an artificial island made from layers of shells and other material.

Estero, Florida

Mound Key Archaeological State Park

Long before Europeans arrived, Native Americans built an artificial island out of shells that has withstood a millennia of hurricanes.

Koreshan State Park Yellow House

Estero, Florida

Koreshan State Historic Site

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

Conch displays.
Permanently Closed

North Fort Myers, Florida

The Shell Factory

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

Mina Edison's Moonlight Garden. (Wikimedia Commons)

Fort Myers, Florida

Edison & Ford Winter Estates

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The Fairgrounds

St. Petersburg, Florida

Fairgrounds St. Pete

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

St. Petersburg Post Office

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg Post Office

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

Floridian Social Club

St. Petersburg, Florida

Floridian Social Club

From printing money to live music, this Beaux-Arts style building has had many identities over the last century.

Chihuly Collection

St. Petersburg, Florida

Chihuly Collection

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

Shuffleboard in the Sunshine City.

St. Petersburg, Florida

World's Largest Shuffleboard Club

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

A koi pond at Sunken Gardens.

St. Petersburg, Florida

Sunken Gardens

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum

St. Petersburg, Florida

Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum

Brick walkways weave through more than 500 palms and cycads, representing 150 species from around the world.

The Dalí Museum

St. Petersburg, Florida

Salvador Dalí Museum

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Fort De Soto Park is the largest in Pinellas County, spanning over 1,000 acres with five connected islands.

Tierra Verde, Florida

Fort De Soto Park

Fascinating military history, awe-inspiring wildlife encounters, and endless outdoor adventures draw people to this sprawling park.

Big Bend Power Plant Manatee Viewing Area

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.

Tyrannosaurus rex is one of roughly 200 life-sized prehistoric giants found at Dinosaur World.

Plant City, Florida

Dinosaur World

Nearly 200 prehistoric giants lurk among the trees at this theme park.

Bok Tower Gardens

Lake Wales, Florida

Bok Tower Gardens

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Spook Hill

Lake Wales, Florida

Spook Hill

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Mermaid Kiyomi at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park.

Weeki Wachee, Florida

Weeki Wachee: ‘City of Live Mermaids’

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

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