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This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

This facility, now a museum, once housed and trained U.S. Army Air Force pilots who flew during the Allied invasion of Normandy.

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

These simple structures are living monuments to the fishermen who built this community over a century ago.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

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

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.