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4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in St. Petersburg, Florida

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Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

Salvador Dalí Museum

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

27.7660, -82.6314

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

Flamingoes at Sunken Gardens.

St. Petersburg, Florida

Sunken Gardens

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

27.7896, -82.6384

Added by Marie Ginga

The memorial sign.

St. Petersburg, Florida

Jungle Prada Site

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

27.7888, -82.7529

Added by pollardld

Shuffleboard in the Sunshine City.

St. Petersburg, Florida

World's Largest Shuffleboard Club

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

27.7755, -82.6412

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

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Madeira Beach, Florida

The Church by the Sea

Visitors flock to see the church tower's unintended feature: that it happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

27.7937, -82.7907

Added by J Ginsberg

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Big Bend Power Plant discharge canal. Manatees enjoy the clean, warm water run off.

Apollo Beach, Florida

Big Bend Power Plant Manatee Viewing Area

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

27.7927, -82.4000

Added by mojotexas

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The Clearwater Virgin before she was beheaded

Clearwater, Florida

Clearwater Virgin Mary

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

27.9691, -82.7290

Added by strictlyheather

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