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Pearse Walker's Coral Castle | Photo © 2009 Bullet

Pearse Walker’s Coral Castle

An undated postcard for the Coral Castle History of Pearse Walker’s Coral Castle Old postcards called it “Coral Castle”, a local landmark known for its beautiful gardens and...

Port of the Islands Hotel | Photo © 2018 Bullet

Port of the Islands Hotel

Gulf American Land Corporation Not to be confused with the Port of the Islands Adventure Resort, which is still in operation, the Port of the Islands Hotel, located on the north side of the...

The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort | Photo © 2017 Jake Williams & BrightSunFilms

The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort

  Photo Courtesy of Jake Williams and BrightSunFilms The Colony was first constructed in 1952 by Sarasota developer Herb Field, which was then a collection of charming beach cottages and a popular...

Old Trilby Colored Cemetery | Photo © 2018 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Old Trilby Colored Cemetery

  Some of the few graves that are clean Located in the small town of Trilby, down a dirt road and set back in the woods of a residential neighborhood is a small cemetery mostly known only to locals...

Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church | Photo © Bullet 2016, www.abandonedfl.com

Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church

Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church The Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church was founded in the late 1800s by pioneer African-American families from northern Florida and Georgia who settled in the...

Sunrise Cinemas Las Olas | Photo © Bullet 2014, www.abandonedfl.com

Sunrise Cinemas Las Olas

The Las Olas Riverfront was located in downtown Fort Lauderdale at the end of Las Olas Blvd and featured restaurants, shops, bars, nightlife venues, and a movie theater. The Regal Cinemas 23 opened...

Chekika | Photo © 2009 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Chekika

The campground of Lake Chekika Chekika was first purchased by Samuel Grossman back in 1917 where he attempted to grow tomatoes and then tried drilling for oil on the site. While drilling for oil, the...

Glades Correctional Institution | Photo © 2015 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Glades Correctional Institution

Early History Florida Prison Farm No. 2 The Glades Correctional Institution was established in 1932 as Florida Prison Farm #2, located between Belle Glade and Pahokee. The prison was described as...

Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower | Photo © 2017 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower

Undated photograph of the bat tower on Sugarloaf Key History The Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower, frequently referred to as the Perky Bat Tower, stood for decades as a unique monument to early biological...

Theodore Weiss Plane Wreckage | Photo © 2017 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Theodore Weiss Plane Wreckage

Theodore Weiss with his single-engine Sonex two-seater aircraft. On April 5, 2014, 74-year-old Theodore T. Weiss departed the Marion County Airport on his way to Zephyrhills which was routine for him...

Sunrise Cinemas Intracoastal 8 | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Sunrise Cinemas Intracoastal 8

Located at the Intracoastal Mall in North Miami Beach, it opened in the late-1980s as an eight-screen movie theater. Despite renovations in later years, customers complained of it being outdated and...

Duval County Armory | Photo © 2016 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Duval County Armory

Duval County Armory The Duval County Armory was constructed in 1916 at the cost of $150,000 to replace an armory destroyed in the Great Fire of 1901. The Gothic Revival style building was designed by...

Miami Herald Building - Photo by Larry Shane, 2013

Miami Herald Building

  The first edition of the Miami Evening Record was published on September 15, 1903. The newspaper began suffering from server financial difficulties following the recession in 1907. Frank B. Shutts...

Public School No. 8 | Photo © 2016 www.abandonedfl.com

Public School No. 8

History of Public School No. 8 The Architects Richard Lewis Brown, Jacksonville’s First Black Architect Now recognized as Public School No. 8, the institution originally opened in 1909 as the...

Islamorada UFO House | Photo © 2016 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Islamorada UFO House

  One of the home’s unique features was the swimming pool which was built within the middle of the home Located in Islamorada, the “UFO House” has always been a landmark of the area...

Putnam Hotel | Photo © 2015 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Putnam Hotel

Deland Grove House Prior to the construction of the Putnam Hotel, the first hotel on this site was built in 1880 by Henry Addison DeLand, the city’s founder. Surrounded by fields of citrus...

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