Weird history29.8956° N, 81.3121° W
St. Augustine, FL
Recreated colonial hospital interpreting early surgery, medicines, and battlefield treatment.
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- Weird history26.2058° N, 80.0851° W
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL
1898 steamship wrecked on a reef in 1900 and now a shallow protected dive site.
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- Weird history30.0950° N, 85.9426° W
Panama City, FL
Passenger-and-freight steamer lost in a 1937 gale, now a protected deep-water archaeological preserve.
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- Weird history29.8917° N, 81.3058° W
St. Augustine, FL
Compact military cemetery holding Seminole War dead and the distinctive Dade monuments.
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- Weird history25.6579° N, 80.1708° W
Key Biscayne, FL
Cluster of historic wooden houses standing on stilts in Biscayne Bay.
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- Weird history27.7873° N, 82.6398° W
St. Petersburg, FL
Century-old roadside botanical attraction built around a drained sinkhole.
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- Weird history28.1558° N, 82.7562° W
Tarpon Springs, FL
Historic Greek sponge-diving district with old diving traditions, sponge boats, and maritime culture.
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- Weird history25.7131° N, 80.2538° W
Miami, FL
Historic tropical estate of plant explorer David Fairchild with rare specimens and unusual botanical history.
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- Weird history24.9430° N, 80.6088° W
Islamorada, FL
Old Florida marine attraction built into former railroad quarries.
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- Weird history29.8984° N, 81.3151° W
St. Augustine, FL
One of Florida's oldest European cemeteries, with colonial graves and persistent ghost stories.
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- Weird history28.9295° N, 80.8251° W
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Massive ancient shell midden visible from the road at Canaveral National Seashore.
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- Weird history27.5053° N, 80.2992° W
Fort Pierce, FL
1715 Spanish treasure-fleet storeship and Florida's first designated underwater archaeological preserve.
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- Weird history30.2957° N, 87.3120° W
Pensacola, FL
The nation's oldest surviving battleship rests beneath Pensacola Pass after being sunk for target practice in 1921.
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- Weird history27.6258° N, 82.7997° W
Egmont Key, FL
Civil War Navy tug lost with all hands after its boiler exploded near Egmont Key in 1866.
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- Weird history29.8990° N, 85.4634° W
Port St. Joe, FL
Former Byrd Antarctic-expedition support vessel that later sank under mysterious wartime circumstances.
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- Weird history25.7453° N, 80.2731° W
Coral Gables, FL
1920s public pool carved from a coral-rock quarry with caves, bridges, and waterfalls.
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- Weird history25.7444° N, 80.2104° W
Miami, FL
Gilded-age estate packed with imported European fragments, hidden grotto-like spaces, and elaborate gardens.
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- Weird history27.8504° N, 82.6058° W
St. Petersburg, FL
Interpretive center for a major Indigenous archaeological landscape and famous ancient canoe discovery.
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- Weird history28.5983° N, 80.8073° W
Titusville, FL
Nearby marker and interpretive context for the famous 7,000-year-old Windover bog-burial discovery.
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- Roadside, no entry
- Weird history27.9616° N, 82.4369° W
Tampa, FL
Museum inside a former bakery chronicling cigar-city immigration, mutual-aid societies, and neighborhood history.
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- Weird history30.4064° N, 81.5742° W
Jacksonville, FL
Civil War earthwork fortifications overlooking routes into Jacksonville.
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- Weird history28.7855° N, 82.6137° W
Homosassa, FL
Stone ruins of a Civil War-era sugar mill complex.
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