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Florida Historic Sites
Florida Historic Sites
Below is a list of Florida Historic Sites. Find detailed information on the Historic Site entries by clicking on their links.
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Henry B. Plant Museum
National Historic Landmark of an extravagant Victorian hotel
Category: Tampa Historic Site in Florida
Description of this Tampa Attraction: When you're building a railroad to nowhere, how do you make the journey worthwhile?...If you're railroad magnate Henry B. Plant, in the midst of the sand swamp that would be Tampa, you construct the most astonishingly magnificent hotel of its day, then fill it with treasures from around the world. With its spendid Moorish architecture, opulent furnishings, and spectacular tropical gardens, Plant's Tampa Bay Hotel attracted a host of celebrated guests, from Teddy Roosevelt to Sarah Bernhardt to Babe Ruth. A visit will transport you back to a time of indulgent 10-course meals, waltzing on the veranda and alligator hunting by moonlight...The journey is still worthwhile.
Audio tour now available. Victorian splendor comes to life with oral histories, interviews, archival information, readings, multiple commentators, music and sound effects. Enriching our visitor experience, the new audio program tells stories in a compelling, emotional way.
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Coral Castle
Coral Castle, made of 1,100 tons of coral for his sweet 16
Category: Homestead Historic Site near Miami, Florida
Description of this Miami area Attraction: If you had visited Coral Castle in the 1940s you would have been greeted enthusiastically by a man weighing a mere 100 pounds and standing just over 5 feet tall. He would have asked you for ten cents admission and introduced you to his fantasy world. As you moved around his sculpture garden in stone, and the significance of each piece was explained, you would have been witness to the great pride Ed Leedskalnin took in his work. Since it is documented that no one ever witnessed Ed’s labor in building his beloved Coral Castle, some have said he had supernatural powers. Ed would only say that he knew the secrets used to build the ancient pyramids and if he could learn them, you could too.
Today, you can tour the Coral Castle using our audio stands, with narration available in English, Spanish, French or German. We also have knowledgeable guides available to conduct tours. Features of the Coral Castle Museum include a 9-ton gate that moves with just a touch of the finger, a Polaris telescope and functioning rocking chairs – all made entirely of stone.
We invite you to witness for yourself what millions saw on national TV’s “That’s Incredible,” “In Search Of…”, “You Asked For It!” and “Ripley’s Believe It or Not”. Even rock star Billy Idol wrote his hit song, “Sweet Sixteen” about Ed’s lost love. We wonder what was the inspiration that could cause a man to spend 28 years to carve a Coral Castle from the ground up using nothing but home made tools. An homage to unrequited love? Perhaps to illustrate ancient sciences that defy gravity? Or maybe just sheer, raw human determination? The Coral Castle is an everlasting mystery to those who explore it.
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