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The smallest walk-in museum in the United States, this miniature museum preserves and displays a range of historic manuscripts.

The largest sand dune in Florida sits inside the state's first Black-owned beach.

The oldest continuously-running professional dinner theater in the United States.

This park commemorates the birthplace and legacy of the brothers who authored a song that has come to be known as the Black National Anthem.

This two-and-a-half-ton chunk of rock was gifted to the Prudential company by the British Navy in 1955.

The second oldest jail in Florida gives insight into the realities of the criminal justice system at the turn of the 20th century.

Tucked away in Jacksonville's oldest neighborhood, this museum stands as a repository and celebration of outsider art.

The first atheist monument on public land in the United States.

The United States' only educational center specializing in disease vectors and mosquitoes.

Ch-Ch-Check out the world's largest hand-painted 3D mural.

This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.

The final resting place of "Mother Kofi," a Black minister who was assassinated in the middle of a sermon.

Used as a military post in three different engagements, this fort has remained incomplete and unfired upon for nearly 200 years.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

This replica of a 16th-century French settlement memorializes one of the earliest attempts at a European settlement in North America.

Established in 1890, this Jacksonville institution is the longest running music venue in the state of Florida.

The last standing silent film studio in Jacksonville is the last remnant of the city's once-thriving movie industry.

This century-plus-old baseball park has hosted some of baseball's royalty and stands as the oldest sports complex in Jacksonville.

This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.

This collection features more than 240 antiquarian maps from around the world, in addition to historical views and plates focusing on North Florida.

The longtime home of author Stetson Kennedy, this park counts Woody Guthrie as a former resident.