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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Orlando

13 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Orlando, Florida

Updated November 7, 2022

Unusual Attractions in Orlando

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Jack Kerouac House

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

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Harry P. Leu Gardens

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

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Randall Knife Museum

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

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Global Convergence Sculpture

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

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The Disney Collection

An unassuming corner inside downtown Orlando's library offers a whole new world of the park and its history.

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Progress City Model

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

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‘Fantasy Swan’

A different kind of swan princess.

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Discovery Island

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

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Tupperware Confidence Center

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

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