DK Travel : Miami : Places of interest

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CocoWalk

A host of select shops, restaurants, outdoor cafés, and a cineplex provides the entertainment. But, here in the heart of the Grove, it’s great just to hang out and listen to the live band playing most of the time on the balcony above.
CocoWalk

This compact, two-story center is the heart of Coconut Grove Village, and features some good shopping, dining, and entertainment. The atmosphere is, in fact, that of a village. People are hanging out, zipping by on in-line skates and bikes, checking each other out. Often live music is happening right in the middle of it all. The main attraction in the evening is probably the multiplex cinema.
Coliseum, Fort Lauderdale

A newer incarnation of a former straight venue, this place is fresh and youthful, featuring lavish drag acts and an abundance of beautiful young musclemen. Every night some of the area’s better-known DJs launch global groove house music “dance-a-thongs”.
Commodore Plaza

Coconut Grove’s second most frequented spot is this intersection, where every corner features a top viewing position for the constant circulation of pedestrian traffic, everyone scoping out a café or restaurant, and each other. Try the Green Street Café.
Conch Tour Train

Key West’s train tour is a must-do for first-time visitors. It gives an invaluable overview of the place and all sorts of insights into its history and culture.
Congregational Church

Merrick’s deliciously Baroque paean to his father, a Congregational minister, was Coral Gables’ first church and remains the city’s most beautiful.
Copa, Fort Lauderdale

One of the older gay dance clubs in town. Operating for almost 30 years, this place still packs ’em in – with drag shows, “Battle of the Bulge” and “Bare Buns” contests, and gorgeous go-go boys. It also offers video, indoor and outdoor bars, a games room, food, and cutting-edge sound and lights. As elsewhere, things really only get shaking at around midnight.
Coral Castle

One Edward Leedskalnin created this huge coral rock Valentine heart to win back his fickle love. She remained unmoved by his Herculean labors, however, and he died here alone in 1951.
Coral Castle

A castle it isn’t, but a conundrum it certainly is. From 1920 to 1940, Latvian immigrant Edward Leedskalnin built this mysterious pile as a Valentine to the girl back home, who had jilted him in 1913. No one knows how he singlehandedly quarried and transported the 1,100 tons of tough coral rock, carved all the enormous chunks into monumental shapes, and set them all into place so flawlessly. One nine-ton gate is so exquisitely balanced that it opens with the pressure of your little finger.

Coral Castle
Coral Castle

A lovesick Latvian immigrant’s valentine to the girl back home who spurned him. These bizarre monoliths form one of the area’s oddest monuments, yet it is strangely touching nevertheless (see Coral Gables Merrick House).