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- Miami, Florida - Frog City - Vague Recollections
Frog City was famous for their unusual welcome sign. It read: Welcome to Frog City- Population 12 (with the 12 crossed out and 11 written under it). The following year, the 11 would be crossed out with the number 9 written under that. And so forth until......well....0. I believe it was one of the first places in S. Fla. to offer swamp buggy rides. It was always a welcomed stop on the empty 41 going west. However, you knew once you reached that point, the Seminole Indian Reservation wasn't too far away.
[Susan Weiss McCue, 05/29/2001]Frog City:- Directions:
- Was 18 mi. west of Miami, US Hwy 41/Tamiami Trail, at the "Island of Shells."
- Hours:
- ~1962-1992
- Status:
- Gone
- Miami, Florida - Frog City - Vague Recollections
When I was very young, my family took a trip to South Florida. We visited a place called Frog City. I believe it was somewhere off Hwy 41. As I remember it was an Indian Village and had large sausage trees. We went back in the fall of 1997, but the city was nowhere to be found. We drove both hwy 41 and I-75. I know it did exist once because I have a pocket knife with the name Frog City on it. Any clues?
[Vicki McCullough, 04/16/1999] The Chess Hall of Fame is gone. The building is still occupied, but it appears to be just an oddly shaped office building now
[Jacob Krejci, 08/22/2011]Closed in 2009, reopened in St. Louis in 2011.
World Chess Hall of Fame:- Directions:
- World Chess Hall of Fame and Sidney Samole Chess Museum. From Coral Reef Drive/SW 152nd St. turn north onto SW 122nd Ave. Drive north to SW 144th St. Turn right, then turn left onto SW 119th Ave. and drive to the end.
- Hours:
- Closed
- Status:
- Closed
- Miami, Florida - World Chess Hall of Fame
The World Chess Hall of Fame and Sidney Samole Chess Museum in southwest Miami-Dade County opened in early October. The museum chronicles the history of chess and honors its heroes.
[bob cara, 11/04/2001] Performing animal attraction opened in the Miami area in 1936. Moved and became Parrot Jungle Island, then Jungle Island, then closed during the pandemic. Owners hope to eventually reopen the property as a hotel and human resort with a few animals.
Roadsideamerica.com Report...
- Directions:
- I-95 exit 2D onto I-395 east. Go over the bridge, then make first right onto Parrot Jungle Trail, Follow the road around and under the causeway to the parking garage on the left-hand side.
- Status:
- Closed
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Tipster Chuck Morford answers: Frog City used to be on U.S. 41 about 15 to 20 miles west of Miami, between Miami and Naples. Not sure if it's still there, but a few years ago (maybe 5 or 6) some of the buildings were still standing and there was an old dock that my friends and I used to stand on and catch native tropical fish for our aquariums...