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Urban Meyer's House (former)
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The football coach lived here during his stint with the University of Florida. He sold the house in 2013 for $1.17 million.

Ryan Lochte's House
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Ryan Lochte is an American competitive swimmer and an eleven-time Olympic medalist (five gold, three silver, three bronze). His seven individual Olympic medals rank as second all-time in men's swimming. As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay (long course). Individually, he currently holds the world record in the 100-meter individual medley, 200-meter individual medley (long and short course), and the 400-meter individual medley (short course).

Summer Phoenix's House
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The actress, and wife of actor Casey Affleck, owns this home. She is the youngest sibling of the late River Phoenix, Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix and Liberty Phoenix.

Stephen Stills' house
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Stephen Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young). He has performed on a professional level in several other bands as well as maintaining a solo career at the same time. Stills was ranked #28 in Rolling Stone Magazine's 2003 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"

William Shively's House
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Wiliam Shively is the CEO of both Tower Hill Insurance Group and Tower Hill Entertainment.
Shively has produced such films as Code Name: The Cleaner, O, Lucky Number Slevin, and The Butterfly Effect francise.

Will Muschamp's House (former)
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The football coach lived here during his stint with Florida. He sold the 8,850 sqft home in 2015 for about $1.6 million.

Billy Donovan's House
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The Florida basketball coach lives here.

Lake Lanier
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Canoe / Kayak—Sprint Olympic 1996

Benmont Tench's House (former)
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The keyboardist, best known as a founding member of "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers", lives here. He also has a home in Tarzana (CA) that is mapped on this site.
Sold in 2017

Breck Weingart's House
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Breck Weingart is chairman and president of Charles Perry Partners, Inc.

Jeffery T. Marshall's House
Jeffery T. Marshall is CEO of Monterey Boats.

Dustin Rhodes' house
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The professional wrestler lives here.

Alfred Ford's House
Alfred Ford, also known as Ambarish das, is an American heir to the Ford fortune. He is a great grandson of legendary businessman Henry Ford - the founder of the Ford Motor Company.

'University of Florida'
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Ben Hill Griffin Stadium "The Swamp"
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Home to University of Florida Gators football

S. Daniel Ponce's House
S. Daniel Ponce is a member of the University of Florida Board of Trustees.
Ponce is an attorney, President and Chairman of the Orange Bowl Committee and is on the Executive Board of the New World School of the Arts in Miami.
Ponce served as Senator Bob Graham's Special Counsel in Washington, DC in 2002.

Cidmon Guven's House
Cidmon Guven is the owner of Dimo Fine Jewelry.

George Donovan's House
George Donovan is President of Donovan Enterprises, Inc., a holding company for venture capital investments. Previously, he was employed by the Coulter Corporation, a world leader in in-vitro diagnostic testing where his responsibilities over 17 years included field sales, sales management, financial planning, budgeting, and new product project management.

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
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Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (popularly known as "The Swamp") is the football stadium for the University of Florida and the home field of the university's Florida Gators football team. It is located on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The stadium was originally built in 1930, and has been regularly expanded, renovated and improved since then. Although it is the eleventh largest college football stadium as measured by its official seating capacity of 88,548, attendance for the Gators' home football games regularly exceeds 90,000 people.

Jim Syfan's House
Jim Syfan is CEO of Syfan Logistics.

Tommy Aaron's House
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The former golfer and winner of the 1973 Masters Tournament lives here.

Darrell Hansard's House
Darrell Hansard is COO and CEO of Hansard Properties.

Drag Strip at Gainesville Raceway
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Deshaun Watson's childhood home
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The story of the house can be seen in the video link below. Good story.
Deshaun Watson is a sophomore undergraduate and collegiate quarterback at Clemson University. Watson has excelled on the gridiron since starting at quarterback his freshman year at Gainesville High School. During his career in high school he won the state title and set numerous state records including total yards, total touchdowns, career passing yards and career passing touchdowns. Watson was heavily recruited by the best collegiate football programs but chose Clemson on February 1, 2012.
At Clemson Watson has continued to rise, earning the starting quarterback position in the fourth week of the 2014 season. Shortly after becoming the #1, Watson suffered a series of injuries including breaking his hand, straining his LCL and tearing his ACL. Deshaun was able to lead the Tigers over rival South Carolina despite playing with the torn ACL. Between this game and before the bowl game Watson underwent surgery to his ACL.
In 2015 Watson led the Tigers to an undefeated regular season, an ACC Championship and runner up in the National Championship. Individually he put together an extraordinary season, earning third in the Heisman voting, winning ACC Offensive Player of the Year, winning the Davey O'Brien Award for best QB and becoming the third player in NCAA history to throw for 3,500 yards and rush for 1,000 yards.

Tom Petty's Childhood Home
Tom Petty was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. Petty's ex-wife purchased the singer's childhood home, two years after his death in 2017.

Mark Warring's Hosue
Mark Warring is a Gainesville, FL based luxury home builder.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: The Wagstaff family
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Season 7, episode 18. Aired 02/21/2010.

Stephen C. O'Connell Center
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The Stephen C. O'Connell Center, also known as the O'Dome, is a 12,000-seat multi-purpose arena located on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida. The facility is named for the sixth president of the university, Stephen C. O'Connell, who served from 1967 to 1973. The facility is located between the the university's football field, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, and its baseball facility, McKethan Stadium.

Bryant Young's House (former)
The former NFL defensive tackle purchased this house in 2011 for $710,000, according to county records.

'Alachua' by John Henry
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Marston Science and Engineering Building - University of Florida

'Moses' by John T. Young
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Physics Building - University of Florida

Uncle Chucks maze
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'Blackburn House' by William Morgan
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2001

Mitchell B-25 at Gainesville Municipal Airport
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'Hammering Man at 2,938,405' by Jonathan Borofsky
Outside the Harn Museum - University of Florida

Douglas DC-3s at Gainesville Municipal Airport
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Gainesville Amtrak Station
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The Gainesville Amtrak station is a train station in Gainesville, Texas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system.
The station, called the Historic Santa Fe Depot in Gainesville, was originally built as an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot, and has a museum located on the first floor. Upstairs are city offices and a replica of a Harvey House overnight stay quarters.

'Florida Museum of Natural History' by William Morgan, FAIA
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The Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) is the State of Florida's official state-sponsored and chartered natural history museum. Its main facilities are located on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.

Century Tower
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A Carillon tower
Begun in 1953 by the Auchter Company to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of UF's parent institution, Kingsbury Academy in Ocala, it also serves as a memorial for students and alumni who perished in both World War I and World War II.

Airplane approaching Gainesville Regional Airport
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Hickory Pig Barbecue
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There's no doubt that the Hickory Pig has the best brunswick stew in Georgia. It is packed with succulent, hickory, smoked meat that will melt in your mouth! (I order it by the gallons for parties and work events.) Phil and "Little Bit" add character, entertainment and genuine hospitality to the Gainesville area. You will feel like family after one visit.

Muffler Man family
A collection of Cowboy Muffler man, a Uniroyal Gal, and two Big Johns.

'Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House' by Gene Leedy
1963

WBCX Transmitter
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WBCX FM 89.1 is a radio station licensed to Gainesville, Georgia, USA. It serves most of Hall and parts of surrounding counties in northeast Georgia, sometimes as far as northeastern metro Atlanta. The student radio station is owned by Brenau College.

'Big Jeep' by Peter Reginato
on the Harn terrace

Gainesville Amtrak Station
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Dove World Outreach Center (Pastor Terry Jones)
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Dove World Outreach Center is the home of pastor Terry Jones.
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Terry Jones, the pastor of a tiny Gainesville church refused to heed pleas from Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and religious leaders to abandon plans to mark Saturday's anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a bonfire fueled by 200 copies of the Quran, the Islamic holy book.
Known for his fiery anti-Islam diatribes, Pastor Terry Jones of the 50-member Dove World Outreach Center told The Associated Press he was praying over his decision, though other church members said they believed the burning would be destroying evil. (...)

20-Foot-Tall Rabbit
On the former site of the town of Rabbittown.

Fountain
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Patriotic bridge supports
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Muffler Man family
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Lake Alice
Lake Alice is a small lake on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, United States.
The lake is a wildlife area and is one of the few areas in incorporated Gainesville where one may view live alligators. The lake also harbors a population of Florida softshell turtles. The university's bat house is near the lake. The Baughman Center sits on the southwest bank of the lake. On Lake Alice's northern side, there is a boardwalk that leads visitors through the woods and swamp to a viewing platform.

'Baughman Center' by John Zona
2000

'Radiant Will O' the Wisp' by Barbara Neijna

Gainesville Midland RR #209
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Baldwin Locomotive Works built steam locomotive, 2-10-0 configuration

Game in progress at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
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M42 40 mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun
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University of Florida Gator
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Gator Gaming tournament

Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park

Tiger
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United States Bicentennial Logo
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Fifteen feet across, and made with red, white, and blue glass, the logo of the United States Bicentennial is in Heritage Park South at 601 E California St, Gainesville, TX. It is readable from above and at street level, accompanied by a dedication plaque placed here by the city's Bicentennial Steering Committee.

'Griffin-Floyd Hall' by William A. Edwards

'Thomas Hall' by William A. Edwards

'Ustler Hall' by William A. Edwards
1919. FKA Women's Gymnasium and University Gymnasium.

'Buckman Hall' by William A. Edwards
1905-1906

'Newell Hall' by William A. Edwards

'Bryan Hall' by William A. Edwards

'Peabody Hall' by William A. Edwards

'Library East' by William A. Edwards
1926. Now called Smathers Library.

Alligator at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
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American Alligators are found in the Southeastern United States and can grow up to 8 to 15 feet (2.6 to 4.6 meters).

'Flint Hall' by William A. Edwards

Katie Ledecky's house
The american competitive swimmer lives here

'Anderson Hall' by William A. Edwards
1912-1913

'Hotel Thomas' by William A. Edwards
1910. AKA Sunkist Villa and Thomas Center

Welcome to Texas sign
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'Big Max' by John Henry
at the Harn

'Two Lines down Eighteen Feet' by George Rickey
at the Harn

'Rory' by Deborah Butterfield
at the Harn

Deerhaven Generating Station