Ten great places in Florida you never knew existed

Florida has some of the most popular tourist attractions in the world, but it also has some hidden gems that hardly anybody even knows about. Let's go explore some of Florida's best kept secrets.

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[jamesmiles]

I have lived in Florida my entire life and a couple of those spots were new to me. Very interesting, love the channel.

[timetraveler]

Fort Jefferson Dry Tortugas National Park was one of my most memorable trips in Florida. My mom, sister, and I visited this place by a small seaplane with a pilot in July 1975, and it only cost 65 dollars R/T from Key West to Fort Jefferson. Exploring historic Fort Jefferson was extraordinary, and relaxing on the beach was pleasant despite the tropical warmth. We saw a shark in Dry Tortugas water. I grabbed the coconut from the palm tree in Fort Jefferson, took it home, and ate it - surprisingly good.

[mdnisg]

Ichetucknee springs is another tubing spring in Florida. It’s wonderful and free.

[Crambles]

Lifelong Floridian, can confirm this is a great list. I did not know about the bison in Paynes Prairie

[jonviall]

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The production quality of your sound and visuals AAAAGH!! A+
I live here and just loved your informative journey guild, of how special FL is.

[kennypascoe]

Thanks for this video, I moved to Florida from Texas two years ago and at the end of May when I retire from trucking I’m looking for all the fun places Florida has to offer

[jimduhaime]

I have visited many caves in the United States and will say that Florida Caverns was not only a top of the list caverns for its natural beauty, but also one of the best guided cave tours I have experienced. I highly recommend that if you are in Florida, go.

[DelusionalDoug]

Cool list. Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is really cool during the winter. There are lots of migratory birds there in the winter.

[bethb]

Vizcaya wasn't mentioned, or the Spanish monastery in Miami, or Blowing Rocks Preserve in Jupiter. Saint Augustine's Fort or the Oldest wooden schoolhouse there, or Whitehall Flagler museum West Palm. The Thomas Edison and Henry Ford winter estates in Fort Myers. Florida has a lot of history.

[collette]

I've lived in WC Florida for 35 years and never heard of any of these parks 😳!! Thankyou for this wonderful and very informative video.

[beccagee]

I moved to Florida when i was three years old. I remember when Florida was a natural environment. Sand or shell driveways, empty beaches, and small town traffic. It was great to grow up in, but I left in 2010, when it became unrecognizable. I have gone back once since for one day, and it has become twice as crowded. I could never live there again. I do miss what it was, but not what it has become.

[lisagardner]

I am 60 year old native Floridian and have only been to the Dry Tortugas from your list. Thanks for the interesting video.

[sandracashes]

As a Florida Park Ranger I did know most of these. If in the Gainesville area; visit 2 state parks that are National Landmarks. Dudley Farm Historic State Park and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Park. Both are unique historic parks.

[robertjohnson]

The coral castle, is one of my goals, and Thomas Edison house witch was made into a small museum went there years ago.

[mathisfun]

I was born and raised in Florida, even lived in Tampa from 1971 through 1978 before I left for the Annapolis and DC areas. I never learned of Jose Marti Park while I was in Tampa despite numerous visits to Ybor City! Wonderful presentation, thank you! Going to replay the video and make a list of the seven or so places that were new to me and hope to visit on my next trip south. Avian fans who are also automobile adventurous will also enjoy exploring Loop Road, a (very) small road that hangs below US41 in the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area. By the way, the Gulf Coast has many lovely unclogged beaches, but I shall keep that a personal secret.

[michaelgarrity]

I've been to many of these places. Ft. Jeff is truly a beautiful place to visit. Back in the days I served in the Coast Guard and was assigned to a Patrol Cutter based in Key West, we often would anchor off the Fort when the wind and waves came up. We used to take our smallboat to the beach and explore the Fort. I love Payne's Prarie. Its a neat place. I do need to take some time to visit the sinkhole in Gainesville. Another neat place to visit in Gainesville is the Butterfly enclosure on the UF campus. Also pay a visit to Micanopy in southern Alachua County about 20 minutes or so from Gainesville. Its a gem of an "Old Florida" town. They filmed several movies there, "Doc Hollywood" that starred Michael J. Fox about 30 years back now and a film adaptation of the memoir "Cross Creek" of author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings who came to live in this place and wrote her famous novel "The Yearling" set in Cross Creek. I've visited most of the other places featured in this film as well. I prefer the more natural, historical and "old timey" out of the way places in Florida over Disney and the other theme parks.

[christinemartin]

Falling waters state park in Chipley. Florida's biggest waterfall at 70+ feet.(when the water table is high). Close to Florida caverns too!

[dianacroy]

I remember climbing down the Mill Hopper and then using a vine to climb up by the small trickle of water flowing down. That was in 1956. We have a fun day.😊

[mht]

I'll never forget when I drove by the Archbold Biological Station in Venus for the very first time. It was as if I landed on another planet, it's indescribably beautiful and exotic. Truly peaceful, too.

[runikvarze]

Haven't been to rocks spring. But Tarpon spring is great.