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Fort Mose Visitor Center

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Museums in parks and natural settings, showcasing Florida history, cultural heritage, and the arts

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Fort Mose Historic State Park

Fort Mose Visitor Center

St. Augustine      ( 29.927834,-81.325415 )      

A little-known chapter in Florida history is that of Fort Mose, the first free African settlement in the South in pre-Colonial America. The settlement site is preserved and interpreted at Fort Mose Historic State Park.

Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park

Fort Zachary Taylor State Park

Key West      ( 24.548475,-81.808582 )      

Once the grand sentinel that protected the fledgling town of Key West from attack, Fort Zachary Taylor is still an imposing presence from the sea as sailboats – and monster cruise ships – pull into port in downtown Key West.

Gamble Plantation Historic State Park

Gamble Plantation

Ellenton      ( 27.521906,-82.526326 )      

Flanked by three-hundred-year-old oaks, the grand entrance to the Gamble Plantation Historic State Park evokes Tara. It’s an unmistakable landmark along US 301, which cuts through what was, in 1843, Major Robert Gamble’s 3,500-acre sugar plantation along the Manatee River.

Harry P. Leu Gardens

Leu Gardens

Orlando      ( 28.567584,-81.355375 )      

Fifty acres of formal gardens hug Lake Rowena in this historic display of botanical diversity in Orlando.

Highlands Hammock State Park

Narrow boardwalk through swamp forest

Sebring      ( 27.4704, -81.5329 )      12.4 miles

One of Florida’s oldest state parks, Highlands Hammock protects an old-growth forest while enabling you to explore it on a network of fascinating interpretive nature trails

Historic Spanish Point

December 7, 2013    Sandra Friend

At Spanish Point, scents hang heavy in the morning air: a moonflower in the act of closing for the day, the sweetness of citrus blossoms, the purple morning-glory clambering over mangroves, the brush of salt breezes.

John Gorrie Museum State Park

John Gorrie Museum

Apalachicola      ( 29.724655,-84.985168 )      

One of only two Floridians honored in the halls of Congress for their achievements, Dr. John Gorrie is the acknowledged inventor of air conditioning, patented in 1851.

Kingsley Plantation

Historic buildings and palm trees

Timucuan Preserve  |  Jacksonville Northshore
( 30.438971, -81.437571 )      0.8 miles

One of the historic treasures of Timucuan Preserve in Jacksonville, Kingsley Plantation interprets the everyday lives of free and enslaved peoples on an early Florida plantation.

Maitland Art Center

At the Maitland Art Center: an optical illusion

February 22, 2010    Sandra Friend

Conceived in the Art Deco era and shaded by a canopy of ancient oaks, the Maitland Art Center is, in part, a fantasy of a Mayan temple with formal gardens around historic art studios.

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Marie Selby Gardens

Sarasota      ( 27.328352,-82.539812 )      

Most notable for its collection of more than 6,000 orchids, Marie Selby Gardens are a must-see for those who love tropical plants, especially epiphtyes. The many specialized gardens range from a children’s garden play area to succulents and cycads to a banyan grove, mangrove walkway, and tropical fruit and medicinal gardens.

Mission San Luis

Mission San Luis

Tallahassee      ( 30.450993, -84.318922 )      0.3 miles

Although this rugged little nature trail at Mission San Luis doesn’t top a half mile, it gives you a good excuse to go play in the woods in Tallahassee—and learn about Florida’s history

Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park

Olustee Battlefield

Olustee      ( 30.212257,-82.388839 )      

More than ten thousand soldiers met and fought in the longleaf pine forest at Olustee, the largest Civil War battle on Florida soil

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