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Visit the Kampong National Tropical Botanical Garden to see a variety of tropical plants from all around the world. The outdoor garden is full of plant life from Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, and includes a number of fruit and flowering trees. A few plants you may see are the cultivars of candle fruit, peanut butter fruit, egg fruit, cocoplums, and over 50 varieties of mango.

Come have a beer, listen to live music and do your laundry at Churchill's Pub. No joke, Churchill's offers live music, a full bar, pool tables, arcade games, and yes, a laundry room open to its guests. Keep an eye on the event schedule and catch shows by artists like Marilyn Manson, Social Distortion and more.

Show off your bowling skills on the lanes at Bird Bowl Bowling Center. This bowling alley puts a new spin on family fun with attractions like a game room packed with arcade favorites and a billiards facility with 16 tables available for play – not to mention its 60 bowling lanes. For some family-friendly competition, Bird Bowl is the perfect destination.

With help from The Wolfsonian, examine the social influence of art and design. This museum serves as a museum, library and research center for Florida International University, and houses over 120,000 art pieces in its collection, all ranging in time periods from the Industrial Revolution to the close of WWII. Industrial-design objects, glass and metal works, rare books, paintings, and more are all showcased in the collection; these pieces have been amassed by the museum from countries all over the world.