Stephen Foster, who wrote "Old Folks at Home," Florida's state song, never even saw the Suwannee River, nor did he ever step foot in Florida. An average annual commercial harvest of Apalachicola Bay oysters produces enough meat to cover a football field three deep. Tampa's Bayshore Boulevard is touted as the world's longest continuous sidewalk. It is a popular waterfront gathering place for joggers and in-line skaters. Once a year, thousands of Floridians stand at the state line and toss dead fish into Alabama. It's the annual Mullet Toss hosted by Flora-Bama Beach Bar in Pensacola. It's just "a silly excuse for a huge beach party."
The Benwood, on French Reef in the Florida Keys, is known as one of the most dived shipwrecks in the world. Safety Harbor is the home of the historic Espiritu Santo Springs. Given this name in 1539 by the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. He was searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth. Its natural springs have attracted attention worldwide for their curative powers. Niceville is home to the famous Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival celebrated the third weekend in October.
Venice Florida is known as the Shark Tooth Capital of the World. Collecting prehistoric sharks teeth has been a favorite pastime of visitors and residents of the Venice area for years. The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art in Coral Gables, is the first and only museum in the United States dedicated to the preservation, diffusion, and promotion of Hispanic and Latin American Art. The Pinellas Trail, a 47-mile hiking/biking trail connecting St. Petersburg with Central and north Pinellas County, is the longest urban linear trail in the eastern United States. Titusville, known as Space City, USA, is located on the west shore of the Indian River directly across from the John F. Kennedy Space Center.
The longest fishing pier in the world is a portion of the original Sunshine Skyway Bridge that extends one-and-a-half miles into Tampa Bay. The Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building is the largest building in the world in terms of internal volume. Its ceiling is so high (at 525 feet/160 meters) that rain clouds can form inside the structure. The largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the world is in Lakeland.
Florida is lined with museums and entertainment venues up and down both coasts and everywhere in between. Visitors can grab tickets for rock concerts, Broadway-style shows, dinner theater, and much more, in major cities like Tampa, Sarasota, Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, and others. Other cultural sites include incredible art museums (check out the Ringling Museum in Sarasota), history museums (found in nearly every county), aviation museums (like the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola), and science museums (including Tampa's excellent Museum of Science and Industry).
In Destin: it is illegal for an owner of a store to allow another person to pass out free ducklings in front of the store - If you wish to go swimming in the ocean, you must get dressed in your hotel room - Torpedoes may not be set off in the city - If you like to ride your bicycle in Destin, don't lean it up against a tree in a cemetery - It is illegal to drive over graves in a cemetery - If you notice an ice-cream man attempting to sell his cold concoctions in a cemetery, call the police immediately, for that is illegal. In Hialeah - Ambling and strolling is a misdemeanor. In Key West chickens are considered a protected species. In Miami Beach: Skateboarding is not allowed at any police station - Persons face up to thirty days in jail for selling oranges on the sidewalk - Termite farms are not allowed within the city - No one may bring a pig with them to the beach. In Naples neon signs are prohibited. Florida. It's not just a destination. It's a whole new way of life. Come join the fun in the sun.
The Benwood, on French Reef in the Florida Keys, is known as one of the most dived shipwrecks in the world. Safety Harbor is the home of the historic Espiritu Santo Springs. Given this name in 1539 by the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. He was searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth. Its natural springs have attracted attention worldwide for their curative powers. Niceville is home to the famous Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival celebrated the third weekend in October.
Venice Florida is known as the Shark Tooth Capital of the World. Collecting prehistoric sharks teeth has been a favorite pastime of visitors and residents of the Venice area for years. The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art in Coral Gables, is the first and only museum in the United States dedicated to the preservation, diffusion, and promotion of Hispanic and Latin American Art. The Pinellas Trail, a 47-mile hiking/biking trail connecting St. Petersburg with Central and north Pinellas County, is the longest urban linear trail in the eastern United States. Titusville, known as Space City, USA, is located on the west shore of the Indian River directly across from the John F. Kennedy Space Center.
The longest fishing pier in the world is a portion of the original Sunshine Skyway Bridge that extends one-and-a-half miles into Tampa Bay. The Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building is the largest building in the world in terms of internal volume. Its ceiling is so high (at 525 feet/160 meters) that rain clouds can form inside the structure. The largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the world is in Lakeland.
Florida is lined with museums and entertainment venues up and down both coasts and everywhere in between. Visitors can grab tickets for rock concerts, Broadway-style shows, dinner theater, and much more, in major cities like Tampa, Sarasota, Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, and others. Other cultural sites include incredible art museums (check out the Ringling Museum in Sarasota), history museums (found in nearly every county), aviation museums (like the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola), and science museums (including Tampa's excellent Museum of Science and Industry).
In Destin: it is illegal for an owner of a store to allow another person to pass out free ducklings in front of the store - If you wish to go swimming in the ocean, you must get dressed in your hotel room - Torpedoes may not be set off in the city - If you like to ride your bicycle in Destin, don't lean it up against a tree in a cemetery - It is illegal to drive over graves in a cemetery - If you notice an ice-cream man attempting to sell his cold concoctions in a cemetery, call the police immediately, for that is illegal. In Hialeah - Ambling and strolling is a misdemeanor. In Key West chickens are considered a protected species. In Miami Beach: Skateboarding is not allowed at any police station - Persons face up to thirty days in jail for selling oranges on the sidewalk - Termite farms are not allowed within the city - No one may bring a pig with them to the beach. In Naples neon signs are prohibited. Florida. It's not just a destination. It's a whole new way of life. Come join the fun in the sun.
