DK Travel : Miami : Places of interest

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Van Dyke Café

Lincoln Road’s top draw, both day and night, including a wraparound balcony and a jazz club (see Van Dyke).
Venetian Pool

A lush fantasy of water, gardens, and sculpted stone, where Esther Williams (bathing-beauty diva of yesteryear) used to star in synchronized swimming movies. The pool was born of the mind of visionary entrepreneur George Merrick (see Merrick’s Coral Gables Fantasies).
Venetian Pool

One of the loveliest and most evocative of Merrick’s additions to his exotic vision for Coral Gables. The pool is fed by springs and was the site of at least one movie starring Esther Williams, the 1940s water-ballet beauty (see also Venetian Pool & Venetian Pool).
Venetian Pool

Considered the world’s most beautiful public swimming pool. You could spend half a day enjoying its charms (see Venetian Pool & Venetian Pool).
Versace’s Murder

Andrew Cunanan shot the fashion magnate on his front steps on July 15, 1997.
Villa Vizcaya

One of the most historic and beautiful places in the Greater Miami area; this icon of the city’s cultural life is not to be missed.
Villa Vizcaya

A recreation of a 16thcentury Italian villa with formal gardens.
Villa Vizcaya Gardens

A glorious pastiche of styles from more or less 500 years of European architecture, most of it bought in the Old World by an early 20th-century farm machinery magnate to be remodeled into this comfortable palace (see Villa Vizcaya).
Wings Over Miami

This military and classic aircraft museum acts as a tribute to early inventors, veterans, and aviators, some of whom set world records with the planes on display here. Exhibits include early biplanes and an all-plywood DeHavilland.
“The Garden of Eden,” Key West

Devoted nudists can find an appreciative milieu in this bar (see The Bull), as they can within the walls and gardens of many guesthouses around town.