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Visit Coral Castle from a Florida vacation rental Key Largo
Visitors to Coral Castle some 60 years ago were greeted enthusiastically by a man weighing a mere 100
pounds and standing just over 5 feet tall asking for 10 cents admission to his fantasy world carved out
of stone. It was obvious Ed Leedskalnin took pride in his work. Since no one ever witnessed Ed's labor in
building his rock gate park, it was sometimes said he had supernatural powers. Ed would only say that he
knew secrets used to build the ancient pyramids. Tours of Coral Castle, from a Florida vacation rental
Key Largo property, include a 30-minute audio tour in English, Spanish, French or German detailing what
millions saw on national television shows and how rock star Billy Idol wrote "Sweet Sixteen" about Ed's
lost love. The Coral Castle remains a mystery to those who explore.
28655 South Dixie Highway, Homestead. (305) 248-6345 call them from a
Florida vacation rental Key Largo.
Visit Coral Gables Merrick House from a Florida vacation rental Key Largo
The boyhood home of George E. Merrick, founder and developer of Coral Gables, is a landmark built in 1899
as a frame house, and added onto in 1906. The house has been restored to its 1920s period and filled with
Merrick family art, furnishings and personal treasures.
907 Coral Way, Coral Gables. (305) 460-5361 call them from a Florida vacation rental Key Largo
Visit Deering Estate from a Florida vacation rental Key Largo
Apart from natural beauty, the 440-acre Deering Estate at Cutler also includes buildings dating from 1896
to 1922, archaeological sites that date human presence to 10,000 years ago (with animals going back 100,000
years), and a Native American burial mound from around year 1600. This property encompasses endangered pine
rockland habitat, coastal tropical hardwood hammocks, mangrove, salt marshes, and a coastal dune island.
Chicken Key, the park's restored bird rookery, can be visited via scheduled canoe tours. Dating to 1896,
Richmond Cottage was home for the Samuel H. Richmond family in the old settlement of Cutler. In 1900, the
family built a major addition and opened Richmond Cottage, the first inn between Coconut Grove and Key
West. In 1916, Charles Deering, International Harvester's chairman of the board, remodeled it as his winter
home. (Nearly destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992, it has been restored.) In 1922, Deering built Stone
House, a Mediterranean Revival mansion with bronze and copper-clad doors and windows and 18-inch thick,
poured concrete walls to shelter his art and antiques. Between 1916 and 1920, Deering built the Carriage
House, Power House and Pump House, now used as estate offices and educational facilities. Guided tours are
available.
16701 Southwest 72nd Avenue. (305) 235-1668 call them from a Florida vacation rental Key Largo
Visit the Everglades Alligator Farm from a Florida vacation rental Key Largo
South Florida's oldest working alligator farm on the Everglades edge (but not within Everglades National
Park) has more than 3,000 toothsome gators to view in a rustic atmosphere. Farm visits include airboat
rides and walking tours to see alligators, crocodiles, caimans, and snakes from Florida and elsewhere,
along with the opportunity to be photographed holding a baby alligator. Originally started as an airboat
ride attraction, transition began after 1985 changes in Florida law permitting alligator farming. In the
1960s, federal officials believed the American alligator was close to extinction and commercial farming was
seen as a way to preserve these reptiles traced back to dinosaur times. Smaller gators are kept in grow-out
pens with larger ones moved to breeding ponds where females have one clutch of eggs per year with up to 45
eggs. Scheduled entertainment includes Alligator Feeding and a Weird Animal Show.
40351 Southwest 192nd Avenue, Homestead. (305) 247-2628 call them from a Florida vacation rental Key Largo
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