s Weeki Wachee Springs, FL is home to the famous
45 minute live underwater mermaid show.
s Visitors can tour the home of honored author,
Ernest Hemingway, in Key West, FL.
s Thomas A. Edison built Florida’s first
modern swimming pool in 1900.
s South Florida is the only place in the world
where crocodiles and alligators coexist.
s With more than 1,250 courses, Florida
has the most golf courses in the U.S.
s Florida has more than 700 campgrouds
with more than 100,000 campsites.
s Florida Southern College has the largest collection of
Frank Lloyd Wright structures in one place, with 10
buildings and 2 structures.
s Wherever you are within the state, you’re never
more than 60 miles from the nearest body of salt water
s Florida is second only to Brazil in global orange juice
production and the state remains the world’s leading
producer of grapefruit. Florida produces more than
70 percent of the United States’ supply of citrus.
s Florida is known as the “Fishing Capital of the
World.”
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s Ybor City, also previously known as the Cigar Capital
of the World, employed nearly 12,000 tabaqueros
(cigar-makers). At the industry’s peak, Ybor City
produced an estimated 700 million cigars a year.
s The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is a cable-stayed
concrete bridge. The bridge opened in 1987 and
rises190 feet above water. Its bright yellow
support cables spread from the two center pillars,
as the structure gives drivers unobstructed view of
the water during the 4.1 mile trip over Tampa Bay.
s The Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail
boasts 515 wildlife viewing sites.
s Ponce de Leon first named Florida,
“The Isle of Flowers.”
s The Florida Everglades is the largest subtropical
wetland ecosystem in North America
s Florida is home to 3 U.S. National Parks:
Everglades National Park, Biscayne
National Park, and Dry Tortugas National Park
s Florida welcomed 105 million visitors in 2015
s Key West, FL is the southernmost
city of the continental United States.
s Tarpon Springs, FL is known as the
Sponge Capital of America.
s Mickey Mouse led the first official visitor into
the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in 1971.