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Miami Beach, Florida

World Erotic Art Museum

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

Miami Beach, Florida

The Wolfsonian-FIU

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

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Miami City Cemetery

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

3 miles from Miami Beach

Miami Circle

A perfect circle of twenty-four mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric time.

4 miles from Miami Beach

Key Biscayne, Florida

Miami Marine Stadium

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

4 miles from Miami Beach

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

5 miles from Miami Beach

Key Biscayne, Florida

Crandon Park Zoo Ruins

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

6 miles from Miami Beach

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After the destruction caused by Hurricane Andrew, in 1992, five new lifeguard stations were created, striking colorful, geometric figures on the waterfront. Another wave of these buildings appeared in 2015.

See Miami's Waterfront Through Its Midcentury Modern Lifeguard Stations

Pack your sunscreen, George Jetson.

by Isaac Schultz

February 3, 2020