T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, located at the end of Cape San Blas near Port St. Joe in Florida's Panhandle, spans about 2,500 acres across sugar-white beaches, towering dunes, and marshes along St. Joseph Bay.
Fort Matanzas National Monument is a small Spanish fort built in 1742 to protect the southern maritime approach to St. Augustine, Florida, guarding the Matanzas Inlet.
The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, Florida, is a cultural institution dedicated to Japanese arts and culture, featuring over 7,000 art objects and artifacts.
Faver-Dykes State Park covers 6,000 acres 15 miles south of St. Augustine, Florida, near I-95 and US 1, bordering Pellicer Creek—a pristine state-designated paddling trail blending fresh and saltwater ecosystems teeming with manatees, river otters, bald eagles, herons, and over 100 migratory bird species.
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, located south of Gainesville between Micanopy and US 441 in Florida, spans 23,000 acres as the state's first designated preserve and a National Natural Landmark, featuring a vast 16,000-acre basin marsh savanna with over 20 biological communities including wet prairies, swamps, pine flatwoods, and oak hammocks.
Tomoka State Park spans 2,000 acres along Florida's Tomoka River, just north of Ormond Beach, protecting diverse coastal habitats that were once home to the Timucuan village of Nocoroco dating back over 1,500 years.
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park lies along the Suwannee River in White Springs, Florida, honoring composer Stephen Foster through his museum with exhibits, dioramas, and memorabilia tied to songs like Old Folks at Home (Swanee River), plus a 97-bell carillon tower playing his tunes daily.
bestbet Orange Park is a welcoming gaming venue in Orange Park, Florida, at 455 Park Avenue near Jacksonville, originally part of the Orange Park Kennel Club with greyhound racing that ended in 2020.
Koreshan State Park in Estero, Florida, USA, spans 305 acres along the Estero River and preserves the 19th-century settlement of the Koreshan Unity, a utopian religious community founded by Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed in 1880 who believed the universe existed inside a hollow Earth.
Saint Sebastian River Preserve State Park spans 22,000 acres across Indian River and Brevard counties near Fellsmere, Florida, three miles north of town, protecting pine flatwoods, cypress domes, strand swamps, scrub ridges, and over 23 natural communities along the St. Sebastian River.
Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge in Florida is a protected area created in 1983 specifically to safeguard the threatened Florida manatee, a subspecies of the West Indian manatee.
St. Marks River Preserve State Park spans 2,589 acres along the headwaters of the St. Marks River in Jefferson and Leon counties, Florida, about 10 miles east of Tallahassee off U.S. Highway 27.
John Gorrie Museum State Park in Apalachicola, Florida, USA, occupies a one-story brick building constructed in 1957 on a site donated to the state in 1955, honoring physician John Gorrie, who arrived in the bustling 1830s port town as postmaster, treasurer, and council member before inventing mechanical refrigeration to cool yellow fever patients' rooms.
Skyway Fishing Pier State Park in Florida, USA, features the remains of the old Sunshine Skyway Bridge turned into the world's longest fishing pier, spanning the north and south sides of Tampa Bay's mouth.
Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park in Volusia County near Ormond Beach, Florida, USA, preserves the ruins of a small coquina rock blockhouse from an 18th-century plantation called Carrickfergus, originally built by John Moultrie as an outside kitchen for his overseer.
Seminole Classic Casino Hollywood, located at 4150 North State Road 7 in Hollywood, Florida, pioneered Indian gaming as the nation's first large-stakes bingo hall when it opened in 1979 under the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
