15 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Tampa - Atlas Obscura

Unusual Attractions in Tampa

Dysfunctional Grace Art Co.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

Hindu Temple of Florida

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

Ulele Fairyland Figures

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

Tampa Theatre

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

Gasparilla Pirate Festival

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

Parque Amigos de Jose Marti

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

Henry B. Plant Museum

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

Hong Kong Willie

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

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Columbia Restaurant

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

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