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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Lake Wales

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Lake Wales, Florida

Updated June 29, 2009

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Bok Tower Gardens

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

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Spook Hill

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.
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Bartow, Florida

Wonder House

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.
15 miles from Lake Wales

Winter Haven, Florida

Jack Browns Seaplane Base

The world's 2nd or 3rd or 4th busiest seaplane base.
15 miles from Lake Wales

Bartow, Florida

Grave of 'America's Oldest Man'

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?
16 miles from Lake Wales

Polk City, Florida

Fantasy of Flight

The world's largest private aircraft collection.
23 miles from Lake Wales

Lakeland, Florida

'Child of the Sun' Campus

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
24 miles from Lake Wales
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