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Crumbling concrete fortification ruins overgrown with sea grape on a sandy barrier island with the Gulf of Mexico in the background
Hidden Spots

Egmont Key — A Spanish-American War Fort and a Tortoise Refuge in the Mouth of Tampa Bay

Stand at the mouth of Tampa Bay and look out — that island is Egmont Key. 1898 fortifications, a working 1858 lighthouse, and a federal wildlife refuge full of gopher tortoises. You get there only by boat. The ruins are the kind of place a movie scout would invent and an Army Corps engineer would call ridiculous.
Aerial view of the long, low concrete fishing pier of Skyway Fishing Pier State Park stretching across Tampa Bay with cars parked along the rail and the cable-stayed Sunshine Skyway Bridge in the background
Outdoor Sports

Skyway Fishing Pier — The World's Longest Fishing Pier, $4 to Park All Night, and Tarpon From a Walkway

The old Sunshine Skyway Bridge fell into Tampa Bay in 1980. The approach spans never came down — they became the world's longest fishing pier. Drive your car onto the rail, pay $4, and fish 24 hours for tarpon, mackerel, sheepshead, and grouper without a license, without a boat, without leaving your trunk.