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Unusual Attractions in Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

Venetian Pool

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Key Biscayne, Florida

Neptune Memorial Reef

An underwater city for the dead.

North Miami Beach, Florida

The Cloisters of the Ancient Spanish Monastery

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Key Biscayne, Florida

Miami Marine Stadium

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

Monkey Jungle

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

The Kampong

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

Miami Circle

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

Key Biscayne, Florida

Stiltsville

Community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

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Unique Food & Drink in Miami

Clarified Milk Punch

Just so we’re clear, there is actually milk in this old English punch.

Shrub

Before refrigeration, mixing fruit with sugar and vinegar extended its shelf life and made for a tasty drink.

Hoppin' John

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

Boiled Green Peanuts

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

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