15 Best Landmark Attractions in Miami

450-foot oceanfront pier at the southern tip of Miami Beach with cruise ship views, fishing stations, sunrise crowds and a playground next door

A 1916 Italian Renaissance-style villa with formal gardens and sculptures on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove

Home of the Miami HEAT and Miami's biggest concerts, on Biscayne Bay in Downtown Miami

Outdoor street art museum in Wynwood with 35,000 square feet of murals by 100+ artists from 21 countries

A 200-foot observation wheel over Biscayne Bay with enclosed, climate-controlled gondolas and skyline views

Waterfront downtown park with a landmark fountain, an amphitheater and a Biscayne Bay skyline backdrop.

Historic lighthouse, calm swimming beach and wildlife trails at the southern tip of Key Biscayne

A 12th-century Spanish monastery moved stone by stone and rebuilt in North Miami Beach, with cloisters, gardens and a working chapel

Free public square on Calle Ocho where Little Havana regulars play serious dominoes and chess under a shelter

Miami Beach's mile-long pedestrian promenade with 200+ shops, restaurants, galleries and weekly markets, from ocean to bay

Waterfront shopping, dining and live entertainment on Biscayne Bay, with boat tours and the Skyviews observation wheel next door

Little Havana's main street: domino players, Walk of Fame stars, Cuban coffee and the annual Calle Ocho Music Festival

A seven-story parking garage in the Design District whose five architect-designed facades make it a free architecture stop

A 1923 spring-fed swimming pool with waterfalls and cave-like grottos, built from a Coral Gables coral rock quarry

Hand-carved coral rock monument built by one man over nearly three decades, with guided tours, a 9-ton gate and a celestial sundial