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Places to Visit in Florida

This is a list of places that I want to visit in Florida, might add more!

  1. Animals
  2. Attractions & Rides
  3. Beach
  4. Downtown
  5. Landmarks
  6. Museums
  7. Old / Abandoned
  8. Parks
  9. Springs

Animals

  1. Amazing Animals Inc (St. Cloud)
  2. Brevard Zoo (Melbourne)
  3. Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Sanford)
  4. Clearwater Marine Aquarium (Clearwater)
  5. Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park (Homosassa)
  6. Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters (Marathon)
  7. Gatorland (Orlando)
  8. Gulf Breeze Zoo (Gulf Breeze)
  9. Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens (Jacksonville)
  10. Key West Aquarium (Key West)
  11. Lion Country Safari (Loxahatchee)
  12. Marine Science Center (near Daytona Beach)
  13. Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium (Sarasota)
  14. Naples Wolf Sanctuary
  15. Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens (Naples)
  16. Palm Beach Zoo (West Palm Beach)
  17. Sarasota Jungle Gardens (Sarasota)
  18. Sea Life Orlando Aquarium (Orlando)
  19. St. Augustine Aquarium (St. Augustine)
  20. St. Lucie County Aquarium (St. Lucie)
  21. Tarpon Springs Aquarium (Tarpon Springs)
  22. The Florida Aquarium (Tampa)
  23. Wild Florida
  24. Zoo Miami (Miami)
  25. ZooTampa at Lowry Park (Tampa)

Attractions & Rides

  1. Arcade Orlando (Orlando)
  2. Andretti Indoor Karting & Games (Orlando)
  3. Aquatica (Orlando)
  4. Axecelsior Axe Throwing (Orlando)
  5. Blue Man Group (Orlando)
  6. Bowling Orlando (Orlando)
  7. Congo River Golf & Exploration (Orlando)
  8. Coca-Cola Orlando Eye (Orlando)
  9. Crayola Experience (Florida Mall)
  10. Discovery Cove (Orlando)
  11. Drive Shack golf (Orlando)
  12. Epic Paddle Adventures (Orlando)
  13. Escapology (Orlando)
  14. Fun Spot America (Orlando)
  15. Gypsy Gold Farm (Ocala)
  16. Helicopter tours (Orlando)
  17. ICON Park (Orlando)
  18. I-Drive NASCAR (Orlando)
  19. iFLY Orlando Indoor Skydiving (Orlando)
  20. I-Ride Trolley (Orlando)
  21. Jump Start Trampoline Park (Orlando)
  22. Karting Orlando (Orlando)
  23. LEGOLAND Florida (Winter Heaven)
  24. Lucas Nursery & Butterfly Encounter
  25. Madame Tuseaud’s Wax Museum (Orlando)
  26. Medieval Times (Orlando)
  27. Nona Adventure Park (Lake Nona)
  28. Orlando Tree Trek Adventure Park (Orlando)
  29. PaintedHorizons hot air balloon (Orlando)
  30. Pirate’s Dinner Adventure (Orlando)
  31. Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf (Orlando)
  32. Real Florida Adventures (Orlando)
  33. Revolution Adventures (Clermont)
  34. Riverboats Adventure (StCloud)
  35. SeaWorld (Orlando)
  36. Sleuths Mystery Dinner Show (Orlando)
  37. Spirit of the Swamp airboats (Kissimmee)
  38. Sunken Gardens (St Petersburg)
  39. The Escape Game (Orlando)
  40. The Pinball Palace (Orlando)
  41. The Outta Control Magic Comedy Dinner Show (Orlando)
  42. Topgolf (Orlando)
  43. Volcano Bay (Orlando)
  44. Wallaby Ranch Hang Gliding Flight Park (Davenport)
  45. Wild Florida Airboat rides
  46. Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour (Winter Park)

Beach

  1. Hallandale Beach
  2. Destin
  3. Amelia Island (near Jacksonville)
  4. Anna Maria Island (near Bradenton)
  5. Bahia Honda State Park (Big Pine Key)
  6. Caladesi Island State Park (Dunedin)
  7. Clearwater Beach
  8. Cocoa Beach
  9. Dania Beach
  10. Daytona Beach
  11. Delray Beach
  12. Fort De Soto Park (St. Petersburg)
  13. Fort Lauderdale Beach
  14. Grayton Beach State Park (Santa Rosa Beach)
  15. Henderson Beach State Park (Destin)
  16. Honeymoon Island State Park (Dunedin)
  17. Key West
  18. Marco Island
  19. Naples Beach (Naples)
  20. Navarre Beach (Pensacola)
  21. Panama City Beach
  22. Pensacola Beach
  23. Siesta Beach (Siesta Key)
  24. Sanibel Island
  25. Santa Rosa Beach
  26. South Beach (Miami Beach)
  27. St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum (St. Augustine)
  28. St. George Island State Park
  29. St. Petersburg

Downtown

  1. Apalachicola
  2. Apopka
  3. DeLand
  4. Destin
  5. Dunedin
  6. Fernandina
  7. Jacksonville
  8. Key Largo
  9. Key West
  10. Kissimmee
  11. Kissimmee Old Town
  12. Micanopy
  13. Miami
  14. Mount Dora
  15. Naples
  16. Orlando
  17. Sandford
  18. Sebring
  19. Siesta Key
  20. St. Augustine
  21. Stuart
  22. Tarpon Springs
  23. Winter Garden

Landmarks

  1. Figs Land
  2. BOK Tower Gardens (Lake Wales)
  3. Castillo San Marcos (St. Augustine)
  4. Coral Castle (Homestead)
  5. Everglades
  6. Historic Spanish Point (Osprey)
  7. Lake Okeechobee
  8. Pensacola Lighthouse
  9. Southernmost Point (Key West)
  10. Tampa Riverwalk (Tampa)
  11. The Florida Reef
  12. The Olympic Theater (Miami)
  13. Vizcaya Museum (Miami)
  14. Wynwood Walls (Miami)

Museums

  1. Bass Museum of Art (Miami Beach)
  2. Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing (Ocala)
  3. Edison and Ford Winter Estates (Fort Myers)
  4. Florida Museum of Natural History (Gainesville)
  5. IMAG History & Science Center (Fort Myers)
  6. John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota)
  7. Modernism Museum (Mount Dora)
  8. Museum of Illusions (ICON Park)
  9. Museum of Science and Industry (Tampa)
  10. Osceola County Welcome Center
  11. Orlando Auto Museum (Orlando)
  12. Orlando Museum of Art (Orlando)
  13. Orlando Science Center (Orlando)
  14. Kennedy Space Center (Merritt Island)
  15. Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (Miami)
  16. Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum
  17. Salvador Dalí Museum (St. Petersburg)
  18. St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum (St. Augustine)
  19. Tallahassee Automobile Museum (Tallahassee)
  20. Tampa Museum of Art (Tampa)
  21. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition (Orlando)
  22. The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art (Winter Park)
  23. The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art (St. Petersburg)
  24. The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) (Tampa)
  25. Vizcaya Museum and Gardens (Miami)
  26. WonderWorks (Orlando)

Old / Abandoned

  1. White House Inn
  2. White Sulfur Springs Ruins
  3. Ybor Tunnels
  4. Jupiter caves
  5. 777 International Mall
  6. A Glorious Church
  7. A World of Orchids
  8. Academy of Arts & Minds
  9. Barefield House
  10. BB Ann Country Restaurant
  11. Bellamy Bridge & the Ghost of Elizabeth Bellamy
  12. Bin Laden Mansion
  13. Brooksville Headless Brontosaur
  14. Brooksville House Authority
  15. Cassadaga
  16. Central Hershey
  17. Crandon Park Zoo
  18. Cuki the Melbourne ‘Ghost Ship’
  19. Deauville Beach Resort
  20. DeLoach Furniture
  21. Desert Inn
  22. Disston Sugar Mill
  23. Donna Key
  24. Dr. Arthur A. Stivender House
  25. Dr. Beal Shell Museum
  26. Dr. Horace Drew Mansion
  27. Dunlawton Sugar Mill Garden (Port Orange)
  28. Edward White Hospital
  29. El Jobean Grand Hotel
  30. Elysium Assisted Living Facility
  31. First Baptist Church of Port St. Joe
  32. Florida Furniture Industries
  33. Forest Park Head Start
  34. Fort Bengali
  35. Fort Christmas (Christmas, FL)
  36. Fort Lauderdale Stadium
  37. Fronton Jai Alai
  38. Genovar’s Hall
  39. George Moody House
  40. Graham House
  41. Grand Bay Hotel
  42. Gran Hotel Balneario San Miguel
  43. Grumman S-2 Tracker Boneyard
  44. Hampton Springs Hotel
  45. Hidden Barn (Apopka)
  46. Hillman Bridge
  47. Homestead Seaboard Station
  48. House of Familicide
  49. I-4 Eyesore
  50. Island Grove Methodist Church
  51. Jackson Rooming House
  52. Jacksonville Ford Motor Co. Assembly Plant
  53. Jacksonville Terminal Passenger Tunnels
  54. James Ross Mellon House
  55. Jarazic Park
  56. Kellogs Mansion
  57. Kenilworth Lodge
  58. LaVilla Shotgun Houses
  59. Lee County Mansion
  60. Lee School
  61. Lockhart Stadium
  62. Lundy’s Cave
  63. Marion S. Whaley Citrus Packing House
  64. Moncrief Road Cemeteries
  65. Moore Haven Down Historic District
  66. Morrison Spring (Alien Faerie)
  67. Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
  68. Nichols Phosphate Mining Company
  69. Norman Brothers Produce
  70. North Dade Detention Center
  71. Northwood Medical Center
  72. Old A1A Highway
  73. Old Dixie Highway
  74. Old Reddick High School
  75. Old Weirsdale Elementary School
  76. Orion Beach Mansion
  77. Orlando Sun Resort
  78. Panama Grammar School
  79. Parque Jose Marti
  80. Pioneer Village (Kissimmee)
  81. Plantation Paradise
  82. Redland Coral Castle House
  83. Regency Square Mall
  84. Rochelle School
  85. Saint Luke Baptist Church
  86. Salem Motel
  87. St Mark Lighthouse
  88. Sumner Company
  89. Summit Charter School
  90. Suzanne Springs
  91. The Foam Dome Home
  92. The Neff House
  93. The Town of Ellaville
  94. Thunderbird Motor Hotel
  95. V. C. Denton House
  96. West Third Dental Care
  97. Wild Waters
  98. William Dunn Moseley House

Parks

  1. Bill Fredrick (Turkey Lake)
  2. Mead Botanical Garden (winter park)
  3. Crane’s Roost Park
  4. The Canyons zip line (Ocala)
  5. Lake Louisa (Clermont)
  6. Lake Mills
  7. Lavender n’ Lace (Lake Alfred)
  8. Marcom park
  9. Moss Park (Lake Nona)
  10. Moss Park (Oviedo)
  11. Myaaka state park (Sarasota)
  12. Oakland Natural Preserve
  13. Ocala national forest
  14. Peghorn Park
  15. Ravine Gardens state park (East of Gainsville)
  16. Sanford RiverWalk
  17. Shingles Creek (Kissimmee)
  18. Wooton Park (Tavares)

Springs

  1. Alexander Springs
  2. Big Blue Spring
  3. Blue Grotto
  4. Blue Spring
  5. Chassahowitzka
  6. Crystal River
  7. Devils Den
  8. Econfina Creek
  9. Edward Ball Springs
  10. Emerald Cut (Apopka)
  11. Fanning Springs
  12. Florida Caverns State Park
  13. Gemini Springs
  14. Gilchrist Blue Springs
  15. Ginnie Springs
  16. Green Spring
  17. Hart Springs
  18. Homosassa Springs
  19. Ichetucknee
  20. Jackson Blue Springs
  21. Juniper Springs
  22. Kelly Park/Rock Springs Run
  23. Lafayette Blue Springs
  24. Lithia Springs
  25. Madison Blue Springs
  26. Manatee Springs
  27. Otter Springs
  28. Poe Springs
  29. Ponce De Leon Springs
  30. Rainbow River (Dunnellon)
  31. Rainbow Springs (Dunnellon)
  32. River Rise Preserve (north of Gainsville)
  33. Rock Springs State Preserve (north of Apopka)
  34. Royal Springs (between Tallahassee and Jacksonville)
  35. Salt Springs (north of Ocala)
  36. Silver Springs (east of Ocala)
  37. Silver Glen Springs (Ocala)
  38. Suwannee (near Georgia border)
  39. Three Sisters Springs (Crystal River)
  40. Vortex Springs (Ponce de Leon, near Alabama border)
  41. Wakulla Springs (near Tallahassee)
  42. Warm Mineral Springs (North Port)
  43. Weeki Wachee Springs (Spring Hill)
  44. Wekiwa Springs State Park (Apopka)

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