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educatorclaire

Museum educator, pinball enthusiast, and lover of sea creatures. I've made a career out of teaching children the history of murdering both whales and people.

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Places visited in Clark County, Nevada

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Islamorada, Florida

Betsy the Lobster

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Key West, Florida

Pan Am's First Office

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Sarasota, Florida

Medieval Art Exhibit at the Ringling Museum

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Clermont, Florida

The Citrus Tower

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

Added by robfromorlando

Orlando, Florida

The Holy Land Experience

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

Added by blembitz

Kissimmee, Florida

Monument of States

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

leiris

Added by leiris

Ponce Inlet, Florida

Ponce De Leon Inlet Lighthouse

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

arc459

Added by arc459

Longwood, Florida

The Senator

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

ronin

Falmouth, Florida

Falmouth Springs

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

Mom0ja

Added by Mom0ja

St. Augustine, Florida

Sacred Cat Rug

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

J Ginsberg

Added by J Ginsberg

North Fort Myers, Florida

The Shell Factory

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

MattA

St. Augustine, Florida

The Love Trees of St. Augustine

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

Added by leighbelle

Port Orange, Florida

The Last Resort Bar

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

hobgoblin

Added by hobgoblin

Sarasota, Florida

John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

West Palm Beach, Florida

The President John F. Kennedy Bunker

Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

Added by Facebook559800373

Estero, Florida

Koreshan State Historic Site

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

anhie

St. Augustine, Florida

Old Spanish Trail Zero Milestone

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

bibliotech

Added by bibliotech

Madeira Beach, Florida

The Church by the Sea

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

J Ginsberg

Added by J Ginsberg

St. Augustine, Florida

Fort Matanzas National Monument

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

Added by acbehnke

Key Biscayne, Florida

Stiltsville

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

nbj914

Added by nbj914

Orlando, Florida

Jack Kerouac House

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

Added by riffraff7

South Bay, Florida

Gatorland

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Homosassa, Florida

Monkey Island of Homosassa

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Rachel

Added by Rachel