The "Unknown" Florida: Bucket List - South Florida

Bucket List - South Florida

When I began the blog I wasn't aware of all the cool things that Florida had to offer so I started doing some research and I was blown away. I made a list of all the things that I would eventually like to do with the family and add to the other section of the blog. I was going to keep this to myself and only add the items once we had done them, but I didn't want to be selfish and figured that you may want to skip ahead and do some of these things with your family before I was able to with my own.

Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park - Key Largo, FL - http://www.pennekamppark.com/

Jungle Island - Miami, FL - http://www.jungleisland.com/

Miami Seaquarium - Miami, FL - http://www.miamiseaquarium.com/

Monkey Jungle - Miami, Fl - http://www.monkeyjungle.com/

Venetian Pools - Coral Gables, FL - http://www.coralgablesvenetianpool.com/index.html

Town of Murals – Lake Placid, FL - http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/335989/lake_placid_floridas_town_of_murals.html?cat=16

Miami Metrozoo – Miami, FL - http://www.miamimetrozoo.com/visit-the-zoo.asp

Everglades National Park - http://www.nps.gov/ever/index.htm

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary – Naples, FL - http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/

Dry Tortugas – Key West, FL - http://www.nps.gov/drto/index.htm

Miami Museum of Science – Miami, FL - http://www.miamisci.org/

Miami Children’s Museum – Miami, FL - http://www.miamichildrensmuseum.org/

Coral Castle Museum – Homestead, FL - http://coralcastle.com/

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens – Miami, FL - http://www.miamidade.gov/vizcaya/

Everglades Alligator Farm – Florida City, FL - http://www.everglades.com/

Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens – Delray Beach, FL - http://www.morikami.org/

Key West Aquarium – Key West, FL - http://www.keywestaquarium.com/

Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden – Miami, FL - http://www.fairchildgarden.org/

Historical Museum of Southern Florida – Miami, FL - http://www.hmsf.org/

Norton Museum of Art – West Palm Beach, FL - http://www.norton.org/

MacArthur Beach State Park - Palm Beach, FL - http://macarthurbeach.org/

Bathtub Beach - Stuart, FL - http://blog.placesaroundflorida.com/index.php/2007/08/28/bathtub-reef-in-stuart-one-of-floridas-best-beaches/

Lion Country Safari - Loxahatchee, FL - http://www.lioncountrysafari.com/

Blowing Rocks Preserve – Jupiter Island, FL - http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/florida/preserves/art5522.html

Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge – Hobe Sound, FL - http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=41561

Jonathan Dickinson State Park – Hobe Sound, FL - http://www.floridastateparks.org/jonathandickinson/

Palm Beach Zoo – West Palm Beach, FL - http://www.palmbeachzoo.org/

Loxahatchee River Center – Jupiter, FL - http://www.loxahatcheeriver.org/environmental_center.php

Mounts Botanical Garden – West Palm Beach - http://www.mounts.org/home.asp

Ernest Hemingway House – Key West, FL - http://www.hemingwayhome.com/HTML/main_menu.html

Bahia Honda State Park – Big Pine Key, FL - http://www.bahiahondapark.com/

Audubon House & Gardens – Key West, FL - http://www.audubonhouse.com/

Key West Lighthouse – Key West, FL - http://www.kwahs.com/lighthouse.htm

Pigeon Key Foundation – Marathon Island, FL - http://www.pigeonkey.net/home.html

Butterfly Estates – Fort Myers, FL - http://thebutterflyestates.com/public/welcome.asp

Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium – Fort Myers, FL - http://www.calusanature.com/

Imaginarium Hands on Museum and Aquarium – Fort Myers, FL - http://www.imaginariumfortmyers.com/

Ostego Bay Marine Science Center – Fort Myers Beach, FL - http://www.ostegobay.org/

Sanibel Lighthouse & Beach – Sanibel Island, FL - http://www.sanibeltrails.com/sanibel-lighthouse.aspx

Sun Splash Family Water park – Cape Coral, FL - http://www.capecoral.net/SunSplash/Home/tabid/979/Default.aspx

Tarpon Bay Explorers – Sanibel Island, FL - http://www.tarponbayexplorers.com/

Barefoot Beach – Bonita Springs, FL - http://www.colliergov.net/Index.aspx?page=455

Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens – Naples, FL - http://www.caribbeangardens.com/

Collier-Seminole State Park – Naples, FL - http://www.floridastateparks.org/collierseminole/default.cfm

Naples Botanical Garden – Naples, FL - http://www.naplesgarden.org/

Fruit & Spice Park – Homestead, FL - http://fruitandspicepark.org/friends/

Boca Chita Key & Lighthouse – Homestead, FL - http://www.key-biscayne.com/kb/keys/bocachita/index.html

Biscayne National Park – Homestead, FL - http://www.nps.gov/bisc/index.htm

Lowe Art Museum – Coral Gables, FL - http://www6.miami.edu/lowe/

Alhambra Water Tower – Coral Gables, FL - http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3ZR0

Seminole Tribe of Florida Museum – Hollywood, FL - http://www.ahtahthiki.com/

Anne Kolb Nature Center – Hollywood, FL - http://www.visithollywoodfl.org/anne_kolb.aspx

Jungle Queen Riverboat – Fort Lauderdale, FL - http://www.junglequeen.com/

Buehler Planetarium & Observatory – Davie, FL - http://www.iloveplanets.com/

Flamingo Gardens – Davie, FL - http://www.flamingogardens.org/

Museum of Art – Fort Lauderdale, FL - http://moaflnsu.org/

Museum of Discovery & Science – Fort Lauderdale, FL - http://www.mods.org/home.htm

Stranahan House – Fort Lauderdale, FL - http://stranahanhouse.org/

Topeekeegee Yugnee Park – Hollywood, FL - http://www.broward.org/Parks/TopeekeegeeYugneePark/Pages/Default.aspx

Water Taxi – Fort Lauderdale, FL - http://www.watertaxi.com/

Fern Forest Nature Park – Coconut Creek, FL - http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2818874-fern_forest_nature_park_fort_lauderdale-i

Gumbo Limbo Nature Center – Boca Raton, FL - http://gumbolimbo.org/

Boca Raton Children’s Museum – Boca Raton, FL - http://www.cmboca.org/

Boca Raton Museum of Art – Boca Raton, FL - http://www.bocamuseum.org/

Coconut Cove Water Park – Boca Raton, FL - http://www.pbcgov.com/parks/aquatics/waterparks/coconutcove/

Sports Immortals Museum – Boca Raton, FL - http://www.sportsimmortals.com/

Daggerwing Nature Center – Boca Raton, FL - http://www.pbcgov.com/parks/nature/daggerwing_nature_center/

Wakodahatchee Wetlands – Delray Beach, FL - http://www.pbcgov.com/waterutilities/wakodahatchee/

McCarthy’s Wildlife Sanctuary – West Palm Beach, FL - http://www.mccarthyswildlife.com/

Peanut Island – West Palm Beach, FL - http://www.pbcgov.com/parks/peanutisland/

Rapids Water Park – West Palm Beach, FL - http://www.rapidswaterpark.com/

Okleeheelee Nature Center – West Palm Beach, FL - http://www.co.palm-beach.fl.us/parks/nature/okeeheelee_nature_center/

South Florida Science Museum – West Palm Beach, FL - http://www.sfsm.org/planetarium

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum – Jupiter, FL - http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=363

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Welcome

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. I have always enjoyed going out and doing things with my family when we have the time together. Many people have told me that they enjoy my posts on Facebook because it would give them ideas of things to do with their own family, so I decided to start a blog where I could share our experiences with others so that you can start building memories with your families like I have with mine.

A special thank you to Thomas Velazquez for designing the Unknown Florida logo.

All items will be labeled by the type of event, location and dollar signs. The dollar signs don't always mean the amount of money but my perception of your bang for your buck. $ - inexpensive, $$ - moderate, and $$$ - pricey. These ratings will depend on the time, what you get for your money, how fun it was, and more if we would want to go back and do it again.

At the top you will notice links to other pages that I have added to the blog. These are all of the cool things that I have found to do in Florida, but not had the ability to do yet, which is why they are named my bucket lists. I wanted to list them just in case any of these sparks an interest in your family. Each page is a different region of Florida - North FL, East Coast, West Coast, South FL, and the Panhandle.