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50 attractions in Florida Offbeat

An ancient Spanish monastery, spiritualist field, the castle full of coral, in the Lodge, entrance fees, seven mile bridge, Navy SEAL museum and other unique attractions can be found in the Sunshine State for travelers who like to think outside the beaten. The following have 50 attractions unusual in Florida:

African Queen – Key Largo, Florida
The marina at the Holiday Inn Key Largo (Mile Marker 100) is the home of the original boat used in the 1951 classic movie The African Queen, which was directed by legendary director John Huston and Humphrey Bogart Katherine Huston and starred Robert Morley.

Ancient Spanish Monastery – Miami Beach North, Florida
Built in Segovia, Spain in 1141, the Monastery of Spanish is the oldest building in the western hemisphere. Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, had the entire monastery dismantled and sent to the United States in 1920 where he currently serves as St. Bernard of Clairvaux Episcopal Church.

Big Cat Rescue – Tampa, Florida
The largest cat rescue and sanctuary, Big Cat Rescue is home to lions, tigers, cougars, leopards, wild cats, ocelot, serval, lynx, cats and other exotic caracals. Guided tours of the Big cat rescue education available.

Blue Hole – Big Pine Key, Florida
The largest body of fresh water in the Florida Keys, the Blue Hole is an old rock quarry created during the construction of Railway Florida East Coast, according to legend. Today, the Blue Hole is home to alligators, turtles, fish, ducks and a variety waders. The Blue Hole is located at Mile Marker 30.5 (Bayside).

Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum – Jupiter, Florida
A memorial mass I actor Burt Reynolds, Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum contains a collection of awards and memorabilia from his career in film and television.

Butterfly World – Coconut Creek, Florida
One of the tourist destinations of South Florida, Butterfly World is a largest butterfly aviary in the world – Starting over 80 species of butterflies and 5000.

Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp – Cassadaga, Florida
A Historic Spiritualist Camp founded in 1894, Cassadaga is the most oldest active religious community in the southern United States and has been included in the National Register of Historic Places.

Christ of the deep – Key Largo, Florida
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, America's First Deputy Park, home of the famous nine-meter high bronze "Christ of the Deep" statue, located 25 meters below the ocean in the Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary.

Citrus Tower – Clermont, Florida
Although these days, that will no doubt see more subdivisions than citrus trees, you can always ride the elevator to the observation terrace 226 feet above the hills of Clermont spectacular for a description of the surroundings.

Coral Castle – Homestead, Florida
How I can get the individual effort and sculpt more than 1,100 tons of coral rock in a "Fantasy carved in stone" using only the tools of the house? The secrets are still inside Coral Castle, Stonehenge of America, "the bizarre masterpiece of obsessive genius Ed Leedskalnin, which was built over a period of 28 years.

Creations Pop Culture Museum – Delray Beach, Florida
A surprising variety of exhibitions awaits you at Creations Pop Cultural Museum, which offers tons Hollywood movie and television memorabilia.

Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park – Florida in Gainesville,
Natural National Landmark, Millhopper Geological Diablo State Park has a 120-foot deep chasm that can be accessed from a staircase leading to a lush tropical jungle in miniature. The premises include a visitor center and trail rides.

Dinosaur World Plant City – Florida
A unique outdoor museum, Dinosaur World is considered the world's largest "Dinosaur attraction." Highlights include replicas of life size dinosaurs, caves, hands-on activities, fossil dig area, educational exhibits, gift shop and more.

Dry Tortugas National Park – Key West, Florida
About 70 miles west of Key West is Dry Tortugas National Park, home of historic Fort Jefferson. Dry Tortugas National Park is accessible only by boat or seaplane.

Flipper's Grave – Key Cover grass, Florida
Grassy Key in the Florida Keys is home to the Dolphin Research Center, which also serves as a final resting place of the original "Flipper" (Real name: Mitzi), the most famous dolphin in film and television history. Mitzi is buried in the courtyard of the Center.

Gatorland – Orlando Florida
Billed as the "Alligator Capital of the World," Gatorland features such as live performances from the world famous Jungle Crocs of the Gator Jumparoo World Gator Program Wrestlin 'Up Close Animal Encounters, as well as the Gator Gully Splash Park, a zoo, an aviary, trains and more.

Holy Land Experience – Orlando, Florida
One life, biblical history museum, "Holy Land Experience allows visitors to meet interesting characters, Bible authentic costumes, view a fascinating collection of antiquities and ancient architecture exports of the Jerusalem Bible.

Jackie Gleason Mausoleum – Miami, Florida
A huge open-air mausoleum at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery in Miami serves as a final resting place for Jackie Gleason, who always remembered for his role as Ralph Kramden in "The Honeymoon." The only inscription on the mausoleum is Gleason's signature parting lines: "And Away We Go."

Jesus Film Project – Orlando, Florida
The docu-drama of two hours, Jesus was viewed by approximately 5 billion people around the world since its creation in 1979. Everything about the movie "The most read story" Study Master Jesus Film Project, located at World Headquarters Campus Crusade for Christ.

Jules Undersea Lodge – Key Largo, Florida
The only underwater hotel in the United States, Jules Undersea Lodge is about 30 meters under the sea and guests dived to reach the habitat of two rooms.

Jungle Adventures – Christmas, Florida
A sanctuary the 20-acre wildlife, adventures in the jungle is home to alligators, bears, deer, bobcats, panthers, crocodiles, monkeys, snakes and turtles. View alligator feedings and wildlife shows, take a jungle cruise and visit to an Amerindian village.

Key West Cemetery – Key West Florida
Opened in 1847, the historic Key West Cemetery is home to a monument to the sailors who died during the sinking of the USS Maine in 1898, and a number of original entries as I told you I was sick "And" Devoted Fan of Julio Iglesias.

Monkey Jungle – Miami, Florida
Monkey Jungle Tour – "where humans are caged and monkeys run Wild! "One of the few protected habitats for endangered primates in the country, Monkey Jungle is home to over 400 primates that run free by 30 acres. A total of 30 species of primates represented here such as spider monkeys, colobus, gibbon and monkeys.

Monument to the States – Kissimmee, Florida
Launched in 1942, the monument of 50 meters high states is in the center of Kissimmee and consists of more than 1,500 fossils and rocks from every state and more than 20 countries.

Mulberry Phosphate Museum – Mulberry, Florida
Mora is known as the capital "of phosphate in the world" and the blackberry phosphate Museum has an incredible colleciton fossils and objects documenting the city's role in the phosphate industry.

National Key Deer Refuge – Big Pine, Florida
A 8542 National Wildlife Refuge Silvestre acres located in Big Pine Key and No Name Key in the Florida Keys, the National Key Deer Refuge is home to Key deer on endangered and nearly two dozen other threatened and endangered species of plants and animals.

The Navy SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce – Florida
Navy Seal Museum is the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively "the elite warriors of special naval warfare.

Old St. Augustine prison – in Florida
The whole family can enjoy a tour guided through this prison in 1891, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

oldest school in San Agustín of wood – in Florida
Built in the early 1700s and located near the famous St. Augustine city gates, the oldest wooden school contains a variety of unique and screens.

Alegre Torre bat – Sugarloaf Key, Florida
Built in 1929 by the Florida Keys entrepreneur, Richter Alegre, as a way attract bats eat mosquitoes, happy bat Tower never attracted the bats, but today is included in the National Registry of Historic Places.

Potter's Wax Museum – St. Augustine Florida
Billed as "America first and the best wax museum," Potter's Wax Museum is located in the St. Augustine's historic district and offers more than 160 wax figures of celebrities and historical figures like Albert Einstein, Julius Caesar, Tiger Woods, Princess Diana, Michael Jordan, Johnny Depp and even a bald Britney Spears!

St. Cloud Serpentarium Reptile World – Florida
Reptile World Serpentarium houses more than 50 species of snakes from around the world, including the Taipan of Australia, king cobra and East African green mamba. Venom, which takes place twice a day.

Ripley's Believe It Or Not! – Orlando, Florida
View oddities as a Rolls Royce than a million matches, two-headed calf, shrunken head, four-eyed man, dinosaur cannibal, Mona Lisa made of toast, Egyptian mummy, Van Gogh portrait of 3000 postcards and a piece of the Berlin Wall to the Orlando Odditorium, which appears as slowly is devoured by an immense abyss!

Cocoa Beach Ron Jon Surf Shop -, Florida
Open 24 hours a day, Ron Jon Surf Shop is a massive 52 000 square feet, shops on several levels, features surf boards, clothing and surf-related souvenirs, as well as live music, demonstrations and autograph sessions.

Salvador Dalí Museum St. Petersburg – Florida
Located in the heart of St. Petersburg (of all places!), Salvador Dali Museum houses the most comprehensive collection the permanent works of famous surrealist painter, as "The Hallucinogenic Toreador" and "The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus."

Seven Mile Bridge Marathon Key – Florida
A masterpiece of engineering, the Seven Mile Bridge was constructed between 1979 and 1982 on the road and serves overseas to connect the buttons of the medium (Marathon Key) to the Lower Keys (Little Duck Key). For the record, the actual length 6.79 miles Seven Mile Bridge.

Castle Solomon – Ona, Florida
Internationally renowned sculptor, Howard Solomon, created the only medieval fortress to house his extensive work. Guided tours to Solomon's Castle are available. The premises also include ships in the Moat restaurant.

The most southerly point – Key West, Florida
A huge structure such as buoys in the corner of South Street and Whitehead Key West Brands supposed to be the "highest point south of the United States, which is just 90 miles north of Cuba.

Spook Hill Lake Wales – Florida
Park your car at the bottom of this "gravity-defying hill" in Lake Wales and appears to ride on the hill. Is this an optical illusion or some sort of mystical presence?

St. Augustine St. Augustine alligator – Florida
View the giant crocodile Maximum (15 feet 3 inches long, 1,250 pounds) to the St. Augustine alligator farm, which also shows the habitats of life wild nature, albino alligators and much more.

Titanic Experience – Orlando, Florida
The first is the permanent exhibition offers a new Titanic scale building of Titanic Grand Staircase and incredible stories of the passengers and crew survived the tragedy and more than 250 Titanic artifacts and memories of the Oscar-winning film Titanic 1997.

Venetian Pool – Coral Gables, Florida
Surrounded by Venetian-style architecture and listed in the Register National Historic Places, the Venetian Pool is a 820.000 gallon pool has been carved into a coral rock quarry in 1923. Offers a variety of waterfalls, caves, grottoes and platform diving.

Polk City Water Ski Hall of Fame and Museum – Florida
See the first pair of water skis and rare objects and objects that trace the history of skiing in the Water Ski Hall of Fame and Museum, which also houses a resource center and audiovisual library.

Weeki Wachee Springs – Weeki Wachee, Florida
Founded in 1947, Weeki Wachee Springs features however, their popular live shows siren, and a statement of art waterpark called Buccaneer Bay and tourism boat tours.

WonderWorks – Orlando, Florida
The experience of an earthquake, lie on bed of nails Design your own roller coaster and immerse yourself in virtual reality fun WonderWorks – Orlando to an attraction! "

Hall of Fame World Chess – Miami, Florida
More on some of the most famous chess players in history as Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in the Hall of Fame World Chess also account with fascinating chess exhibits and artifacts.

Erotic art museum in the world – Miami Beach Florida
The World Erotic Art Museum has a vast collection more than 4,000 items that document the complete history of eroticism from 200 BC to today.

Largest Drive-In – Sunrise, Florida
Open since 1963, Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop has the largest drive-in movies and daily flea market in the world.

The largest McDonald's – Orlando, Florida
Also that offers a unique menu that includes sandwiches and desserts, two stories that McDonald's offers a park of 25,000 square meters and over 60 arcade games. Is Fame next to the World of International Drive.

World small station – Carrabelle
Basically a phone booth, the most World's Smallest Police Station was built in the 60s to accommodate the police office in Carrabelle, population 1,800. It's worth the chance picture if you find yourself driving aimlessly through the Florida Panhandle.

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