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Cypress Gardens | Photo © Nomeus, www.flurbex.com

Cypress Gardens

Cypress Gardens Cypress Gardens opened on January 2, 1936, as a botanical garden planted by Dick Pope Sr. and his wife Julie, billed as Florida’s first commercial tourist theme park. It became...

Florida Hospital Oceanside | Photo © 2018 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Florida Hospital Oceanside

  The power remained on for over a year, long after the hospital was shut down. Florida Hospital Oceanside was a hospital that served the city of Ormond Beach. The hospital specialized in...

Northwood Medical Center | Photo © 2015 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Northwood Medical Center

  Built in the 1980s, the building remained operational for around 30 years. The Northwood Medical Center once located at 2601 N Flagler Drive was built in 1981. The office building contained many...

Saint Luke Baptist Church | Photo © 2019 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Saint Luke Baptist Church

  The church years before its destruction. Photo Credit: Jim Dourney, 2015 Saint Luke Baptist Church, also known as Saint Luke Missionary Baptist Church, was a historic church located in Marianna. It...

The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort | Photo © 2017 Jake Williams & BrightSunFilms

The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort

  Photo Courtesy of Jake Williams and BrightSunFilms The Colony was first constructed in 1952 by Sarasota developer Herb Field, which was then a collection of charming beach cottages and a popular...

Burlington St. Water Plant | Photo © 2009 Bullet

Burlington St. Water Plant

  The water plant was known to be where prostitutes and drug users hung out at The water plant complex, which was located at 1021 Burlington Street, was built in the 1930s and supplied water to the...

Sunrise Cinemas Las Olas | Photo © Bullet 2014, www.abandonedfl.com

Sunrise Cinemas Las Olas

The Las Olas Riverfront was located in downtown Fort Lauderdale at the end of Las Olas Blvd and featured restaurants, shops, bars, nightlife venues, and a movie theater. The Regal Cinemas 23 opened...

Chekika | Photo © 2009 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Chekika

The campground of Lake Chekika Chekika was first purchased by Samuel Grossman back in 1917 where he attempted to grow tomatoes and then tried drilling for oil on the site. While drilling for oil, the...

Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower | Photo © 2017 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower

  Undated photograph of the bat house The Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower, also known as the Perky Bat Tower, was built in 1929 by Richter Clyde Perky, a real estate developer from Denver who owned a fishing...

Dragon Point Mansion | Photo © 2013 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Dragon Point Mansion

  Rowers pass by Annie the Dragon, date unknown Located on Merritt Island, the Dragon Point Mansion was built in 1961. The estate featured three fireplaces, wraparound cedar decks, teak parquet...

Wings Aviation Services | Photo © 2011 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Wings Aviation Services

Established in 1992, Wings Aviation was a business located in Building 903 at Miami International Airport and repaired aircraft and heavy equipment. The services they provided are described below:...

Old Amazon Hose and Rubber Co. Warehouse | Photo © 2012 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Old Amazon Hose and Rubber Co. Warehouse

According to the company website: “Rubber hoses made back in the early 1900s were comprised of pure gum rubber tapped from the Amazonian trees, which often grow more than 100 feet high. The...

Noralyn Phosphate Mine | Photo © 2012 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Noralyn Phosphate Mine

A Brief History of Phosphate Mining in Florida Noralyn Mine is a phosphate mine located in the Bone Vallery region of Florida. The Hawthorn Foundation is a layer of clay and limestone deposited...

Sail Club Condominium Project | Photo © 2009 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Sail Club Condominium Project

Once a low-income housing complex built in the 1960s, it became the subject of a decade long court battle for ownership of the property. In 2005, 206 mainly elderly investors pitched in $25,000...

Glades Inn | Photo © 2011 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Glades Inn

The Glades Inn was built in 1988 and was really nothing special about it, just your typical motel located at the end of town. It closed down in 2006. In 2015, the county took control of the property...

Xanadu | Photo © 2004 Nolan Pelletier

Xanadu: Home of the Future

Photo Credit: William Ackel, 1994 The Xanadu house was one of a series of experimental homes marketed as the “home of the future” built to showcase examples of computers and automation in...

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