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Old 03-11-2008, 10:07 PM
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I may be a little strange but sometimes I get tired of the same ol' same ol' and want a little more adventure. I found this site and think I will visit a few of these attractions when I get back down to Florida. If you go to the site you can click on "tips" for more info...
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/map/fl.html

I also like the book ALONG Florida's Expressways by Dave Hunter for visiting easily accessible "not so familiar" attractions. I also have another Florida "one day" trip book but left it at our villa and can't remember the name of it. I bought both books at the TV Barnes and Noble and have used them many times.

ATTRACTIONS & ODDITIES
Complete List of Florida Sights

FEATURED ATTRACTIONS
Apalachicola: Gorrie Ice Museum [tips]
Alligator Alley: Miccousukee Indian Village
Bithlo: Figure 8 Schoolbus Races [tips]
Bonita Springs: Everglades Wonder Gardens
Cape Coral: Iwo Jima Statue Replica [tips]
Cape Coral: Big John [tips]
Captiva Island: Bubble Room [tips]
Carabelle: World's Smallest Police Station [tips]
Cassadaga: Town of Spiritualists
Christmas: Largest Gator
Clermont: Florida Citrus Tower [tips]
Clermont: Hall of Presidents [tips]
Daytona Beach: Brownie the Town Dog
Daytona Beach: Daytona USA
Daytona Beach: Wright Bros. Plane Replica
Dunnellon: Phosphate Marker
Estero: Hollow Earth Utopia [tips]
Ft. Myers: Giant Beethoven Head [tips]
Ft. Walton Beach: Maytag Repairman [tips]
Ft. Walton Beach: Reptile House [tips]
Gibsonton: Circus Freak Wintering Town [tips]
Grassy Key: Flipper's Grave
Hillsboro Beach: Barefoot Mailman Statue
Homestead: Coral Castle
Islamorada: Theater of the Sea
Islamorada: Wrong-way Hurricane Monument [tips]
Jupiter: Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum
Key West: Southernmost Point in the US
Key Largo: Christ of the Deep
Key Largo: Jules' Undersea Lodge [tips]
Kissimmee: Gatorland
Kissimmee: Medieval Times
Kissimmee: Monument of States
Kissimmee: Giant Orange
Kissimmee: Second Largest Gator
Lake Wales: Spook Hill
Lloyd: Johnny Donutseed [tips]
Lumberton: Forgotten Citrus Center Monument
Melbourne: Liberty Bell Memorial Museum [tips]
Miami: Jackie Gleason Mausoleum
Miami: Monkey Jungle
Miami: Jungle Island
Ocala: Big Daddy Don Garlits Museum Of Drag Racing
Ochopee: Skunk Ape Research Headquarters
Ochopee: Smallest Post Office in the Uniter States
Ona: Solomon's Castle
Orlando: Graceland replica [tips]
Orlando: Holyland Experience
Orlando: Titanic: The Experience
Palmdale: Gatorama Wildlife Park
Panama City Beach: Goofy Golf
Pensacola: Museum of Oddities [tips]
Pensacola: Naval Air Museum
Pensacola: 1/2 scale Vietnam War Memorial [tips]
Plant City: Dinosaur World [tips]
Port Orange: Bongoland
Punta Gorda: "First White Man to Die in America"
Sarasota: Sarasota Jungle Gardens [tips]
Silver Springs: Silver Springs [tips]
St. Augustine: Fountain of Youth
St. Augustine: The Old Jail
St. Augustine: St. Augustine Alligator Farm
St. Petersburg: Sunken Gardens [tips-news]
Sugarloaf Key: Bat Tower [tips]
Tarpon Springs: Spongeorama
Titusville: American Police Hall of Fame and Museum
Titusville: Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Titusville: Shuttle Launch Experience
Titusville: US Astronaut Hall of Fame
Wakulla Springs: Pole-Vaulting Fish [tips]
Wakulla Springs: Old Joe the Alligator
Wausau: Possum Capital of the US [tips]
Weeki Wachee: City of Mermaids

Winter Haven: Cypress Gardens
Winter Park: Walk of Fame [tips]

OOPS...sorry I took up so much space for this post... :redface: