Must-see attractions in Miami

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    Fairchild Tropical Garden

    Miami

    If you need to escape Miami’s constant motion, consider a green day in one of the country’s largest tropical botanical gardens. A butterfly grove,…

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    Biltmore Hotel

    Miami

    In the most opulent neighborhood of one of the showiest cities in the world, the Biltmore is the greatest of the grand hotels of the American Jazz Age. If…

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    Vizcaya Museum & Gardens

    Miami

    If you want to see something that is 'very Miami', this is it – lush, big, over the top, a patchwork of all that a rich US businessman might want to show…

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Miami Beach, USA - January 22, 2015: People running and walking on Miami Beach Boardwalk

    Miami Beach Boardwalk

    Miami

    Ahhh the Miami Beach Boardwalk! Stretching seven miles from South Point to Surfside, the parade of humanity you'll encounter on any given day will take your…

  • MIAMI BEACH, FL - DECEMBER 03: Patrons attend 2010 Art Basel during a celebration honoring Isabella Rossellini and film "Seduce Me" at the Wolfsonianon December 3, 2010 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Anthony Djuren/Getty Images)

    Wolfsonian-FIU

    South Beach

    Visit this excellent design museum early in your stay to put the aesthetics of Miami Beach into context. It’s one thing to see how wealth, leisure and the…

  • The Holocaust Memorial on Miami Beach.

    Holocaust Memorial

    South Beach

    Even for a Holocaust piece, this memorial is particularly powerful. With over 100 sculptures, its centerpiece is the Sculpture of Love and Anguish, an…

  • Ancient Spanish Monastery - Miami, Florida

    Ancient Spanish Monastery

    Miami

    Finding a fully intact medieval monastery in North Miami Beach is yet another reason why the moniker 'Magic City' seems so fitting. Constructed in 1141 in…

  • Miami Beach, FL, Bass Museum

    The Bass

    South Beach

    The best art museum in Miami Beach has a playfully futuristic facade, a crisp interplay of lines and a bright, white-walled space – like an Orthodox…

  • Miami, FL, USA - April 19, 2019: The Art Deco Museum on Ocean Drive at the historical Art Deco District of Miami South Beach in Miami, Fl, United States of America.
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    Art Deco Museum

    South Beach

    This small museum is one of the best places in town for an enlightening overview of the art deco district. Through videos, photography, models and other…

  • Beach entrance at Oleta River State Park in North Miami Beach, FL
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    Oleta River State Park

    Miami

    Tequesta people were boating the Oleta River estuary as early as 500 BC, so you’re following a long tradition if you canoe or kayak in this park. At…

  • MIAMI BEACH - FLORIDA - USA, OCTOBER 30: the New World Center which opened in 2011 and was designed by architect Frank Gehry and acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota on october 30 2012 in Miami beach, Florida.
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    New World Center

    South Beach

    Designed by Frank Gehry, this performance hall rises majestically out of a manicured lawn just above Lincoln Rd. Not unlike the ethereal power of the…

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    South Beach

    When most people think of Miami Beach, they're envisioning South Beach (SoBe). This area is rife with clubs, bars, restaurants, models and a distinctive…

  • PINECREST, FLORIDA, USA: Water lily garden at Pinecrest Gardens a lush exotic botanical garden as seen on May 23, 2021.

    Pinecrest Gardens

    Miami

    When Parrot Jungle – now Jungle Island – flew the coop for the big city, the village of Pinecrest purchased the property in order to keep it as a…

  • MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA USA  - APRIL 21, 2013: The historic Fontainebleau Hotel by architect Morris Lapidus on Miami Beach is a popular international tourist destination.
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    Fontainebleau

    Miami

    As you proceed north on Collins, the condos and apartment buildings grow in grandeur and embellishment until you enter an area nicknamed Millionaire’s Row…

  • Art Deco Historic District

    South Beach

    The world-famous art-deco district of Miami Beach is pure exuberance: an architecture of bold lines, whimsical tropical motifs and a color palette that…

  • Miami Florida USA - April 11 2018:  People Enjoying the Trellis Landscape of Soundscape Park Miami
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    SoundScape Park

    South Beach

    Outside of the New World Center, this park is one of the best places for open-air screenings in Miami Beach. During some New World Symphony performances,…

  • Coral Gables, Florida - February 24, 2010: The Kampong, winter residence of the famed horticulturalist Dr. David Fairchild
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    Kampong

    Miami

    David Fairchild, the Indiana Jones of the botanical world and founder of Fairchild Tropical Garden, would rest at the Kampong (Malay/Indonesian for …

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    Deering Estate at Cutler

    Miami

    The Deering estate is sort of ‘Vizcaya lite,’ which makes sense as it was built by Charles, brother of James Deering (of Vizcaya mansion fame). The 150…

  • Architectural details of the City Hall of Coral Gables, Florida, USA

    Coral Gables City Hall

    Miami

    This grand building has housed boring city-commission meetings since it opened in 1928. It’s impressive from any angle, certainly befitting its importance…

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    Monkey Jungle

    Miami

    Step into the cage while monkeys run around, wild and free! Indeed, you’ll be walking through screened-in trails, with primates swinging, screeching and…

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    Zoo Miami

    Miami

    Miami's tropical weather makes strolling around the Metrozoo almost feel like a day in the wild. Look for Asian and African elephants, rare and regal…

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    Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami

    Miami

    The Museum of Contemporary Art has long been a reason to hike up to North Miami – its galleries feature excellent rotating exhibitions of contemporary art…

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    Gold Coast Railroad Museum

    Miami

    Primarily of interest to train buffs, this museum displays more than 30 antique railway cars, including the Ferdinand Magellan presidential car, where…

  • Haulover Beach Park

    Miami

    Swimsuits are optional at this 40-acre beach park hidden behind vegetation from the sight of condos, highways and prying passers-by. You don't have to get…

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    Barnacle Historic State Park

    Miami

    In the center of Coconut Grove village is the 1891, 5-acre pioneer residence of Ralph Monroe, Miami’s first honorable snowbird. The house is open for…

  • Miami, United States of America - November 30, 2019: Cardozo Hotel at Ocean drive in Miami Beach, Florida. Art Deco architecture in South Beach is one of the main tourist attractions in Miami.
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    Cardozo Hotel

    South Beach

    The Cardozo and its neighbor, the Carlyle, were the first deco hotels saved by the Miami Design Preservation League, and in the case of the Cardozo, we…

  • Hialeah, Fl, USA: April 2021: Outdoor sign for Hialeah Park Casino. ; Shutterstock ID 1958803822; your: Bridget Brown; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: POI Image Update

    Hialeah Park Casino

    Miami

    Hialeah is more Havanan than Little Havana (more than 90% of the population speak Spanish as a first language), and the symbol and center of this working…

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Art Deco era Colony Hotel on Ocean Drive.

    Colony Hotel

    South Beach

    The Colony is the oldest deco hotel in Miami Beach. It was the first hotel in Miami, and perhaps America, to incorporate its sign (a zigzaggy neon wonder)…

  • The Miami Beach Botanical Garden
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    Miami Beach Botanical Garden

    South Beach

    This lush but little-known 2.6 acres of plantings is operated by the Miami Beach Garden Conservancy, and is a veritable green haven in the midst of the…

  • Coconut Grove Playhouse

    Miami

    Built in 1927, this is Miami’s oldest theater, which sits in the heart of the Grove. Back in the day this was a grand dame of a building, with a snazzy…

  • World Erotic Art Museum

    South Beach

    The World Erotic Art Museum celebrates its staggering but artful erotica collection, including pieces by Rembrandt and Picasso. Back in 2005, 70-year-old…

  • Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU

    South Beach

    Housed in a 1936 Orthodox synagogue that served Miami’s first congregation, this small museum chronicles the large contribution Jews have made to the…

  • Little Haiti Cultural Center

    Miami

    This cultural center hosts an art gallery with often thought-provoking exhibitions from Haitian painters, sculptors and multimedia artists. You can also…

  • Post Office

    South Beach

    Make it a point to mail a postcard from this 1937 deco gem of a post office, the very first South Beach renovation project tackled by preservationists in…

  • Merrick House

    Miami

    It’s fun to imagine this simple homestead, with its little hints of Med-style, as the core of what would eventually become the gaudy Gables. When George…

  • Miami Beach Community Church

    South Beach

    In rather sharp and refreshing contrast to all the ubermodern structures muscling their way into the art-deco design of South Beach, this community church…

  • Promenade

    South Beach

    This beach promenade, a wavy ribbon sandwiched between the beach and Ocean Dr, extends from 5th St to 15th St. A popular location for photo shoots,…

  • Arch Creek Park

    Miami

    This compact and cute park, located near Oleta River, encompasses a cozy habitat of tropical hardwood species that surrounds a pretty, natural limestone…

  • Eva Munroe’s Grave

    Miami

    Tucked into a small gated area near the Coconut Grove Library, you’ll find the humble headstone of one Ms Eva Amelia Hewitt Munroe. Eva, who was born in…

  • Lowe Art Museum

    Miami

    Your love of the Lowe, on the campus of the University of Miami, depends on your taste in art. If you’re into modern and contemporary works, it’s good. If…

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