Welcome to the Farewell to Finder’s Fest geo-art, brought to you by the Forest Minions! This series celebrates weird and unusual things throughout the Sunshine State. Please do not go to the posted locations. Rather, solve the challenging quiz found at the bottom of each page, for the final location. For the letterbox caches, please leave the stamp in the cache. They are not trade items. For the discerning traveler, we’ve included the GPS coordinates for these bizarre locations, when we were able to establish them.
Smallest Post Office – Location 25.9008, -81.2973
On the western edge of the Everglades, 400 postal customers are served by the nation’s smallest post office in Ochopee, Florida. It was originally built in 1934 as a tool shed for a tomato farm. The first post office was in the general store but when it burned down in 1953, Postmaster Sid Brown began storing and sorting the mail in the tool shed. A short time later the shed became Ochopee’s official post office. The tiny post office measures only 10 feet 6 inches tall, 8 feet 4 inches wide, and 7 feet 3 inches in length. Local folks have resisted attempts by the Postal Service to replace their famous little post office; after all it’s the greatest attraction in town.
Here is the super duper, way challenging, really hard trivia question, which, if solved properly, will lead you to the final coordinates:
Question: What is the world record for the greatest number of hotdogs consumed by one person, in one sitting?
A: 1 = N29° 27.759' W81° 46.546'
B: 80 bazillion = N29° 27.759' W81° 46.556'
C: 74 = N29° 27.759' W81° 46.566'