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

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Dysfunctional Grace Art Co.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

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Hindu Temple of Florida

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

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Gasparilla Pirate Festival

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

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Parque Amigos de Jose Marti

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

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Hong Kong Willie

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

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Henry B. Plant Museum

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

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Two-Headed Gator of Seminole Heights

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

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Gravity Research Foundation Monument

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

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