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Giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.

  • Roadside oddities24.7306° N, 81.0385° W

    Turtle Hospital

    Marathon, FL

    Former motel converted into a working sea-turtle hospital with educational tours.

    Access
    Seasonal or ticketed
  • Roadside oddities29.6454° N, 82.3457° W

    UF Bat Houses

    Gainesville, FL

    Two enormous bat houses that can hold hundreds of thousands of bats and produce dramatic evening emergences.

    Access
    Seasonal or ticketed
  • Roadside oddities27.0589° N, 82.2610° W

    Warm Mineral Springs Park

    North Port, FL

    Warm, mineral-rich sinkhole spring with deep geological and archaeological history.

    Access
    Open to visitors
  • Roadside oddities29.6322° N, 81.2050° W

    Washington Oaks Gardens Coquina Beach

    Palm Coast, FL

    Rare exposed coquina formations create a rugged, rock-strewn shoreline unlike most Florida beaches.

    Access
    Open to visitors
  • Roadside oddities30.1256° N, 83.1282° W

    Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park

    Live Oak, FL

    One of the longest mapped underwater cave systems in the continental United States.

    Access
    Open to visitors
  • Roadside oddities27.9913° N, 82.6921° W

    Whimzeyland

    Safety Harbor, FL

    Private-home folk-art environment covered in bowling balls, bright mosaics, and recycled objects.

    Access
    Roadside, no entry
  • Roadside oddities24.9513° N, 80.6038° W

    Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park

    Islamorada, FL

    Walk through exposed fossilized coral quarries once used to build the Overseas Railroad.

    Access
    Open to visitors
  • Roadside oddities27.8749° N, 81.8339° W

    Wonder House

    Bartow, FL

    Hand-built four-story concrete home with underground levels, homemade inventions, secretive design touches, and early climate-control experiments.

    Access
    Seasonal or ticketed
  • Roadside oddities28.4337° N, 81.4715° W

    WonderWorks Orlando

    Orlando, FL

    Iconic upside-down laboratory building housing an interactive odd-science attraction.

    Access
    Roadside, no entry
  • Roadside oddities29.8514° N, 84.6651° W

    World's Smallest Police Station

    Carrabelle, FL

    Phone-booth-sized police station replica commemorating Carrabelle's famously tiny 1963 police call station.

    Access
    Roadside, no entry