Table of contents

Foreword

1_African Queen |
Rickety cinema royalty

2_Alabama Jack’s |
Low key in the Keys

3_Amertec Building |
Hialeah’s abandoned alien

4_Ancient Spanish Monastery |
Medieval Spain in Miami

5_Anne’s Beach |
Florida’s best rest stop

6_Area 31 |
Happy hour with a view

7_Atlantis Condominiums |
Miami Vice lives on

8_Bahia Honda |
Sleep with the fishes

9_Bay of Pigs Museum |
A tragedy remembered

10_Betsy the Giant Lobster |
If only she was on the menu …

11_Big Cypress Gallery |
Ansel Adams of the Everglades

12_Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park |
Solitude by the city

13_Black Point Marina |
Sea cow sanctuary

14_Blue Hole |
Freshwater oasis in a saltwater desert

15_Boca Chita Key |
Paradise found

16_Brickell Soccer Rooftop |
Fútbol in the financial district

17_The Calle Ocho Walk of Fame |
Looking down at the stars

18_Cat Man |
Not a dog-and-pony show

19_Cauley Square |
All aboard the kitsch caboose

20_CIFO Tile Facade |
Downtown’s bamboo forest

21_City Hall |
Seaplanes and city managers

22_Clevelander at Marlins Park |
Poolside in left field

23_Club Nautico |
See Miami in its element

24_Coconut Grove Playhouse |
Part cinema, all history

25_Coppertone Girl | 7300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33138
Moon over Miami

26_Coral Castle |
A fortress built to mend a broken heart

27_Crandon Park Zoo |
Free-range peacocks and iguanas

28_Cuba Tobacco Cigar Co. |
Up in smoke on Calle Ocho

29_Deering Estate |
Poor man’s Vizcaya

30_Domino Park |
Playing by the numbers

31_El-Carajo |
Stop for the gas, stay for the food, take home the wine

32_El Palacio de los Jugos |
Cold drink hot spot

33_Ernest Hemingway’s Cats |
For whom the cat meows

34_Española Way |
Pedestrian paradise

35_Fireman Derek’s Key Lime Pie |
Set your taste buds ablaze

36_Florida Keys Brewing Company |
Ice cold in Islamorada

37_Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center |
Wings on the mend

38_Fruit & Spice Park |
Fruit, spice, and everything nice

39_Los Gallos of Calle Ocho |
Cuban humility

40_Green Turtle Inn |
Sid and Roxie’s Islamorada institution

41_Greynolds Park |
Miami’s Mount Everest

42_Hanging Gardens at Perez Art Museum |
Babylon by the bay

43_Haulover Cut |
The gateway to Miami’s watershed

44_Hialeah Park |
The sport of kings for those who aren’t

45_History of Diving Museum |
20,000 leagues into the Keys

46_HM69 Nike Missile Base |
On the brink of world destruction

47_Holocaust Memorial |
Hand of God

48_I-95 Express Lanes |
You get what you pay for

49_Ichimura Japanese Garden |
Secret sanctuary on Watson Island

50_InterContinental’s Dancer |
Hold me closer light-up dancer

51_Jackie Gleason’s Mausoleum |
Ralph Kramden’s last stop

52_The Jewel Box |
Elevator to heaven

53_John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park |
Underwater playground

54_Key West Cemetery |
Laugh to death

55_Knaus Berry Farm |
All buns go to heaven

56_Lincoln Road Garage |
Miami’s parking chateau

57_Lock & Load |
Say hello to my little friend

58_Locust Projects |
A young artist’s nursery

59_Lou La Vie |
Cruise Miami like a celebrity

60_Mack’s Fish Camp |
The last of the Gladesmen

61_Mary’s Coin Laundry |
Wash, fold, drink, repeat

62_Matheson Hammock |
A beginner’s beach

63_McAlpin Hotel |
Quintessential Art Deco

64_Mel Fisher Maritime Museum |
Today’s the day

65_Metromover |
Miami’s monorail

66_Miami Auto Museum |
The city’s grandest carport

67_Miami Catamarans |
Sailing solace

68_Miami Circle |
Ancient ruins in a modern jungle

69_Miami Club Rum |
South Beach’s sustenance

70_Miami Jai-Alai |
The “world’s fastest game”

71_Miami Marine Stadium |
Beautiful urban blight

72_Mitzi’s Memorial |
R.I.P. Flipper

73_Monkey Jungle |
Catching up with your ancestors

74_National Key Deer Refuge |
Bambi’s baby brothers and sisters

75_News Cafe |
People-watching paradise

76_O Cinema |
Popcorn and circumstance

77_Ochopee Post Office |
Littlest house on the prairie

78_Old Cutler Road |
Banyan-covered bliss

79_Old Planetarium |
Retro planetary retrograde

80_Oleta River State Park |
Row into the city

81_Orion Herbs |
Miami’s medicine man

82_Panther Coffee |
You’re not in Starbucks anymore

83_Perky’s Bat Tower |
Mosquito mishap

84_Pinecrest Gardens |
Bye bye birdies

85_Rickenbacker Causeway |
Feel the burn

86_Robbie’s |
Fish feeding frenzy

87_Robert is Here |
The little farm stand that could

88_Robert the Doll |
Before there was Chucky, there was Robert

89_Schnebly Redland’s Winery |
No grapes necessary

90_Shark Valley |
Everglades from above

91_Shell World |
They sell seashells by the seashore

92_Skunk Ape Research Headquarters |
Return of the Yeti

93_Skyline from Watson Island |
A city on the rise

94_Skyward Kites |
Go fly a kite

95_South Pointe Park |
Sittin’ on the dock of Biscayne Bay

96_Southernmost Point |
So they say …

97_Staircase to Nowhere |
The Fontainebleau’s folly

98_Stiltsville |
Square feet or square fathoms?

99_Stone Barge at Vizcaya |
Party on a pirate ship

100_Sunken Garden |
Hidden beauty at Fairchild Tropical Gardens

101_Sunrise at Crandon Park |
Good morning, South Florida

102_Sweat Records |
Vinyl and vegan

103_Theater of the Sea |
Sea-life spectacle

104_Venetian Pool |
The emerald of Coral Gables

105_Versailles |
A tale of two restaurants

106_Virginia Key Beach Park |
The long arm of Jim Crow

107_Wallcast |
An orchestra for the everyman

108_Wat Buddharangsi |
Serenity now

109_Wolfsonian |
Mediterranean marshmallow

110_Wood Tavern’s Bathrooms |
Art surrounds the throne

111_World Erotic Art Museum |
The Smithsonian of kink

Gallery

Maps