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Coral Castle
Homestead, Florida
Hand carved monument to unrequited love, built by Edward Leedskalnin for his "Sweet Sixteen."
Gatorland
Kissimmee, Florida
The world's slickest, most entertaining alligator attraction. Wresting shows, Jumparoo feeding shows, a "Screaming' Gator" zip line over the pits...
Goofy Golf
Panama City Beach, Florida
The ultimate Old School miniature golf attraction with a giant Tiki head, Sphinx, and dinosaurs. Built in 1959.
Mermaids of Weeki Wachee
Weeki Wachee, Florida
World-famous underwater show in a natural spring. Tourists and fans of superior lung capacity have been entranced by the Weeki Wachee mermaids since 1947.
Swampy: World's Largest Alligator
Christmas, Florida
A 200-foot-long alligator-shaped building named "Swampy" serves as the entrance to a gator farm attraction.
Big Daddy Don Garlits Museum Of Drag Racing
Ocala, Florida
A car museum for people who usually don't like car museums, because, well, dragsters aren't really cars.
Skunk Ape Research Headquarters
Ochopee, Florida
A mysterious and smelly biped stalks the Florida Everglades.
National Naval Aviation Museum
Pensacola, Florida
A life-sized flight deck replica of aircraft carrier USS Cabot dominates one huge gallery, with vintage World War II fighter planes arrayed on the deck.
Whimzeyland: Bowling Ball House
Safety Harbor, Florida
The yard art of creative spirits Todd and Kiaralinda has spread to surrounding homes.
Fountain of Youth
St. Augustine, Florida
Drink the regenerative elixir at the fabled spring -- and leave younger than when you arrived!
Pirate and Treasure Museum
St. Augustine, Florida
This museum will hook you with its treasure trove of pirate artifacts, booty, and torture scenes.
St. Augustine Alligator Farm
St. Augustine, Florida
One of the oldest attractions in the U.S. Hundreds of gators, a zip line ride, alligator feeding shows, and mega-crocodile "Maximo."
Potter's Wax Museum
St. Augustine, Florida
Classic old wax museum, formerly the second-largest in the world, exhibits a tight assemblage of historical figures and celebrities.
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- Altamonte Springs: World's Largest Nativity Scene [tips]
- Apollo Beach: Power Station Manatees [tips]
- Bithlo: School Bus Figure 8 Races [tips]
- Bradenton: Tootsie: Patriotic Uniroyal Gal
- Brooksville: Headless Brontosaurus [tips]
- Brooksville: Boyett's Grove and Citrus Attraction [tips]
- Cape Coral: Big John Statue
- Cape Coral: Iwo Jima Statue [tips]
- Carrabelle: World's Smallest Police Station [tips]
- Carrabelle: Bottle House [tips]
- Cassadaga: Town of Spiritualists
- Christmas: Swampy: World's Largest Alligator
- Clearwater: Captain Memo's Pirate Cruise [tips]
- Clearwater: Bronze Hercules, Peace Dude
- Clermont: Florida Citrus Tower
- Clermont: Presidents Hall of Fame [tips]
- Clermont: Showcase of Citrus [tips]
- Clermont: Shark Catch Photo Op [tips]
- Clewiston: Billie Swamp Safari: Home of Stuffed Superman [tips]
- Cortez: Old Hitler: 25-Foot-Long Shark
- Crawfordville: Old Joe, Stuffed Alligator
- Crystal River: Big Gorilla: Sit in Hand [tips]
- Dade City: Muffler Man: Bunyan with a Wrench [tips]
- Dade City: Statue of Liberty Lifted by Soldiers
- Daytona Beach: Full-Size Steel Replica of the First Airplane
- Daytona Beach: Drive-in Christian Church [tips]
- DeLand: Reptile Discovery Center - Venom Collecting [tips]
- Destin: Double Decker Bus of Mannequins [tips]
- Dunedin: Penny Lane: Beatles Museum [tips]
- Edgewater: Art Gallery of Peter Wolf Toth [tips]
- Eglin AFB: Air Force Armament Museum
- Fort Lauderdale: Wreck Bar Mermaid Show [tips]
- Fort Lauderdale: Fire Dancers of Polynesia [tips]
- Fort Myers: Giant Head of Beethoven
- Fort Myers: Shell Factory [tips]
- Fort Pierce: National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
- Fort Walton Beach: Oldest Surviving Goofy Golf
- Gainesville: Devil's Millhopper Geologic State Park [tips]
- Gainesville: World's Largest Bat House [tips]
- Green Cove Springs: 1894 Old County Jail
- Green Cove Springs: Roadside Space Shuttle External Tank
- Greenville: Happy Ray Charles in Bronze
- Gulfport: Big Robot on Knee with Flowers [tips]
- Hallandale Beach: Huge Pegasus and Dragon [tips]
- Hillsboro Beach: Barefoot Mailman Statue
- Hollywood: Florida Crime Tours and Gallery
- Homestead: Coral Castle
- Homestead: Everglades Alligator Farm
- Homosassa: Monkey Island
- Homosassa: Manatee Tours - Weird Statues
- Islamorada: Theater of the Sea
- Islamorada: Big Betsy, Giant Lobster [tips]
- Islamorada: Wrong Way Hurricane Monument [tips]
- Islamorada: Robbie's Tarpon Feed [tips]
- Jacksonville: Mini Golf Dinosaur [tips]
- Jacksonville: Goofy Giant Gator Statue [tips]
- Jacksonville: Walk Across Tiny Bridges [tips]
- Jacksonville: Outdoor Walk-Thru Horrified Head [tips]
- Jensen Beach: Jenguard: Viking Mascot
- Key Largo: Christ of the Deep [tips]
- Key Largo: Jules' Undersea Lodge [tips]
- Key West: Southernmost Point in Continental USA
- Key West: Mel Fisher Maritime Museum
- Key West: Sponge Monster [tips]
- Key West: Evil Doll: Inspiration for Chucky
- Key West: Statue of the Conch-Blowing Greeter
- Key West: Hurricane Deflector Grotto
- Kissimmee: Gatorland
- Kissimmee: Monument of States
- Kissimmee: Medieval Times
- Kissimmee: Giant Wizard Head [tips]
- Kissimmee: Machine Gun America [tips]
- Lake Wales: Spook Hill
- Lakeland: Dixieland Dragon: Lawn Sea Monster [tips]
- Leesburg: Paquette's Historical Farmall Tractor Museum [tips]
- Lloyd: Johnny Donutseed [tips]
- Loxahatchee: Lion Country Safari [tips]
- Marathon: Dolphin Research Center: Grave of Flipper
- Marathon: Nibbles: Hungry Shark
- Marianna: Florida Caverns
- Miami: Monkey Jungle
- Miami: Indian Village Gator Wrestling
- Miami: Museum Where Elian Gonzalez Was Captured
- Miami Beach: World Erotic Art Museum [tips]
- Miami Beach: Miami Mountain [tips]
- Mims: Three Biggest Buddhas in Florida [tips]
- Mulberry: Mulberry Phosphate Museum [tips]
- New Smyrna Beach: Grave in the Road [tips]
- Ocala: Big Daddy Don Garlits Museum Of Drag Racing
- Ochopee: Skunk Ape Research Headquarters
- Ochopee: Smallest Post Office in the United States
- Ona: Solomon's Castle
- Orlando: Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
- Orlando: Suburban Home Replica of Graceland [tips]
- Orlando: Chocolate Landmarks: Mount Rushmore
- Ormond Beach: Invincible Chief Tomokie [tips]
- Palm Beach Gardens: Underground Shark Attack! [tips]
- Palm Beach Gardens: 9/11 Memorial Plaza - WTC Steel Beam [tips]
- Palmdale: Gatorama
- Panama City Beach: Goofy Golf
- Panama City Beach: Man in the Sea Museum
- Pensacola: National Naval Aviation Museum
- Pensacola: George W. Bush's "Mission Accomplished" Jet
- Pensacola: J. Earle Bowden, Town Cartoonist
- Plant City: Dinosaur World
- Port Orange: Ruins of Bongoland
- Punta Gorda: First White Man Dies In America Marker
- Punta Gorda: Radioactive Fountain of Youth
- Riverview: Carnival History Museum [tips]
- Safety Harbor: Whimzeyland: Bowling Ball House
- Sarasota: Unconditional Surrender [tips]
- Sarasota: Sarasota Jungle Gardens: Bike-Riding Parrots [tips]
- Sarasota: World's Largest Miniature Circus
- Sebastian: Mel Fisher's Treasure Museum
- Silver Springs: Silver Springs: Glass Bottom Boats [tips]
- Spring Hill: Dinosaur Gas Station
- Spring Hill: Pepto-Bismol Pink Dinosaur [tips]
- St. Augustine: Fountain of Youth
- St. Augustine: The Old Jail
- St. Augustine: World's Oldest Rug: Villa Zorayda Museum [tips]
- St. Augustine: Pirate and Treasure Museum
- St. Augustine: St. Augustine Alligator Farm
- St. Augustine: A Very Tall Cross
- St. Augustine: Car Wash In A Showboat [tips]
- St. Augustine: Potter's Wax Museum
- St. Augustine: Lightner Museum [tips]
- St. Augustine: Medieval Torture Museum
- St. Augustine: Micro Masterpieces Gallery
- St. Cloud: Reptile World Serpentarium
- St. Petersburg: World's Largest Shuffleboard Club
- St. Petersburg: World's Largest Collection of Autographed Baseballs
- St. Petersburg: Criminal Brassiere
- St. Petersburg: Half 'n' Half the Two-Headed Calf
- St. Petersburg: Big Red Shark Eats You [tips]
- Stock Island: Cuban Boat People Boats
- Tallahassee: Tallahassee Automobile Museum
- Tampa: Junk Art of Hong Kong Willie [tips]
- Tampa: Seaworthy Victory Ship from WWII [tips]
- Tampa: John Lennon Statue [tips]
- Tarpon Springs: Spongeorama
- Tarpon Springs: Live Sponge Diving Boat Tour [tips]
- Terra Ceia: Citrus Man [tips]
- Titusville: American Police Hall of Fame and Museum
- Titusville: The Shuttle Launch Experience [tips]
- Titusville: Kennedy Space Center
- Treasure Island: Big Pirate of Treasure Island
- Venice: Animal Trainer Statue [tips]
- Wakulla Springs: Henry the Pole-Vaulting Fish [tips]
- Wausau: The Possum Monument
- Weeki Wachee: Mermaids of Weeki Wachee
- West Palm Beach: Manatee Lagoon
- Winter Haven: Free Water Ski Show [tips]
- Winter Haven: 24-Foot-Tall Potty Chair [tips]
- Ybor City: Stainless Steel Survivors of 9/11 [tips]
- Ybor City: Part of Cuba in Florida [tips]
