Tampa, Florida
La Segunda Central Bakery
This century-old bakery produces 18,000 loaves of traditional Cuban bread every day.
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Tampa, Florida
'America, America'
This sculpture is one of many stunning features along Tampa’s Riverwalk.
Tampa, Florida
Jose Gasparilla II
The country’s largest boat parade honors an infamous Spanish pirate—who never actually existed.
Lake Wales, Florida
Spook Hill
A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Berlin Wall Section in St. Petersburg
History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.
Safety Harbor, Florida
Whimzeyland
This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.
St. Augustine, Florida
The Fountain of Youth
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
St. Augustine, Florida
Castillo de San Marcos
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
Dungeon Under the Stairs at the Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
Homosassa, Florida
Monkey Island of Homosassa
In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.
Kissimmee, Florida
Monument of States
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.
Permanently Closed
Orlando, Florida
Discovery Island
Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
Permanently Closed
Kissimmee, Florida
Splendid China
Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.
Celebration, Florida
Mickey Pylon
Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.
Lake Wales, Florida
Bok Tower Gardens
Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.
Lakeland, Florida
'Child of the Sun' Campus
A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Tarpon Springs, Florida
Spongeorama Sponge Factory
This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."
Permanently Closed
Seffner, Florida
Airstream Ranch
An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.
Tampa, Florida
Roland M. Manteiga Statue
A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.
Tampa, Florida
Parque Amigos de Jose Marti
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
Tampa, Florida
Ulele Fairyland Figures
These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.
Tampa, Florida
Tampa Theatre
One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.
Tampa, Florida
Gasparilla Pirate Festival
Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.
St. Petersburg, Florida
James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art
This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.
