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Nike Missile IFC Site HM-40, B Battery | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Nike Missile IFC Site HM-40, B Battery

The Cold War in South Florida Nike Missile Site HM-40 was built in direct response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, widely regarded as the moment the Cold War came closest to erupting into full-scale...

Dixie Walesbilt Hotel | Photo © 2016 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Dixie Walesbilt Hotel

Dixie Walesbilt Hotel The Dixie Walesbilt Hotel is one of many skyscrapers built in the 1920s that still stand today. Since its construction, it has undergone several renovations and name changes...

Port Bougainville | Photo © 2011 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Port Bougainville

History of Port Bougainville Environmental Destruction in North Key Largo By the early 1970s, unregulated dredging and filling threatened to transform the Florida Keys into a “concrete jungle...

Parkway West Regional Medical Center | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Parkway West Regional Medical Center

Parkway West Regional Medical Center The killing of Dr. Christina G. Smith Built in 1972, Parkway West Regional Medical Center officially opened in 1974 with 11 stories, 127 rooms, and enough beds to...

Splendid China | Photo © 2015 Robin Hanson

Splendid China

The idea for Splendid China here in Florida was that of Josephine Chen, a Taiwanese-American school teacher and real estate developer. The thought was the park would be a great means for cultural...

Osowaw Junction | Photo © 2011 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Osowaw Junction

A roadside fruit stand along US 441 In 1914, a train station was established at this location, north of Fort Drum along the Kissimmee Valley Extension of the Florida East Coast Railroad and several...

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