The remaining four Cape Romano dome homes have indeed collapsed into the Gulf of Mexico following a final lashing by Hurricane Ian, photos and videos from a local sheller confirm. Alex Demooy of ...

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — Just off the coast of Marco Island, you will find UFO-like buildings floating in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. The Cape Romano Dome House was built in the early 80s but was ...

The same question is on the mind of many in Southwest Florida: "What's the deal with the domes?" It's complicated. The iconic Cape Romano dome home sits hundreds of feet offshore near Marco Island and ...

CAPE ROMANO, Fla. — An abandoned coastal home whose land has been claimed by the sea may find new life as an artificial reef. The dome home, built by Bob and Margaret Lee starting in 1980, is a local ...

They stood sentry in the blue-green waters of the Gulf of Mexico: a string of white domes raised on columns that, depending on the viewer, resembled igloos or jellyfish or some sort of sci-fi creature ...

It was an architectural icon, a forebear to hurricane readiness and a cautionary tale about building too close to the shore. The Cape Romano dome home, completed in 1982 on a sand spit of Marco Island ...

The remains of the Cape Romano Dome House in Florida, taken in 2019, after it’d already experienced sea-level rise. Credit: Shutterstock The Cape Romano Dome House, built in 1982, was an iconic—if ...