O'Leno State Park, one of Florida's oldest state parks developed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, spans over 6,000 acres with River Rise Preserve along the Santa Fe River six miles north of High Springs.
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park spans over 85,000 acres west of Copeland in Florida's Big Cypress Swamp, forming the world's largest cypress strand swamp with old-growth bald cypress forests, royal palms, and the continent's greatest diversity of native orchids and bromeliads.
Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park in St. Augustine, Florida, is a privately owned 15-acre site reputed to be the landing place of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon in 1513 when he allegedly searched for the legendary Fountain of Youth.
Eden Gardens State Park covers 163 acres near Point Washington in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, USA, centered on the historic Wesley House—a grand 1897 two-story mansion with white columns, wraparound verandas, and elegant 18th-century French antiques that evokes the timber boom era before longleaf pine depletion.
LEGOLAND Florida Resort officially opened on October 15, 2011, in Winter Haven, Florida, on the historic site of Cypress Gardens, Florida's first commercial theme park known for its botanical gardens and water ski shows.
Deer Lake State Park covers nearly 2,000 acres along Florida's Scenic Highway 30A near Santa Rosa Beach, featuring one of the world's rare coastal dune lakes where freshwater mixes with Gulf saltwater through seasonal sand berms, creating a unique brackish ecosystem.
Florida Caverns State Park in Florida is a unique natural sanctuary known for its rare air-filled limestone caves accessible to the public, featuring spectacular formations such as stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones, and draperies formed over thousands of years.
Universal Orlando Resort in Florida is a world-renowned theme park complex consisting of three major parks—Universal Studios Florida, Universal Islands of Adventure, and the upcoming Universal Epic Universe—along with a water park called Volcano Bay.
Harrah's Pompano Beach is a modern racino-turned-casino in Pompano Beach, Florida, owned by Caesars Entertainment and formerly known as Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park since opening in 1964 as a harness racing track.
Hontoon Island State Park covers 1,650 acres in the St. Johns River near DeLand in Volusia County, Florida, USA, a car-free island oasis accessible only by private boat or the park's electric ferry, featuring pine flatwoods, palm and oak hammocks, bald cypress swamps, and marshes surrounded by the St. Johns River, Hontoon Dead River, and Snake Creek.
Forest Capital Museum State Park spans 13 acres just south of Perry, Florida, along US 19/US 98, celebrating the state's forest industry heritage from the early 1800s with exhibits on longleaf pines and over 5,000 products derived from them, including turpentine production tools, forest ecology displays, lifelike wildlife models, and the interactive Terry the Talking Tree inside an octagonal pine-and-cypress museum building.
Honeymoon Island State Park spans 385 acres on a barrier island near Dunedin in Florida, USA, featuring four miles of pristine white-sand beaches, coastal dunes, mangrove swamps, slash pine forests, and a rare coastal dune lake ecosystem.
Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale is a beautifully landscaped linear park that stretches over a mile along both the north and south banks of the New River in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Blackwater River State Park covers about 590 acres in Santa Rosa County near Milton, Florida, USA, along one of the nation's purest sand-bottom rivers with tannic-stained waters, white sandbars, and surrounding longleaf pine forests.
The Orlando Museum of Art in Florida showcases a diverse permanent collection featuring over 2,400 works that span American art from the 18th century to 1945, contemporary art, art of the ancient Americas, and African art.
