The 7 Wonders of Florida

Cool Maps: 7 Wonders

Dry Tortugas National Park

"It is famous for abundant sea life, colorful coral reefs and legends of shipwrecks and sunken treasures. The park's centerpiece is Fort Jefferson, a massive but unfinished coastal fortress. It is the largest masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere, and is composed of over 16 million bricks. "

Walt Disney World

"The 20,000 (plus) acre property is the largest theme park resort in the world, although over the past decade significant amounts of acreage have been sold off for housing and other developments, including land now occupied by the Disney-built (but not Disney-owned) community of Celebration. "

HEverglades National Park

"Everglades National Park preserves the southern portion of the Everglades (all south of Tamiami Trail), but represents only 20 percent of the original wetland area. The Park.. is a World Heritage Site. "

Kennedy Space Center

"The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is the NASA space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) near Cape Canaveral on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. ..Around 17,000 people work at the site. There is a visitor center and public tours and KSC is a major tourist destination for visitors to Florida. Because much of KSC is off limits to development, the site also serves as an important wildlife sanctuary, with only 9% of the land developed."

St. Augustine

"The oldest continuously occupied European-founded settlement in the continental United States, St. Augustine was founded by the Spanish. ..The city is a popular tourist attraction, for the rich Spanish Colonial Revival Style architectural heritage as well as elite 19th century architecture. "

Coral Castle

"Coral Castle is a stone structure created by the Latvian-American eccentric, Edward Leedskalnin, north of the city of Homestead, Florida at the intersection of U.S. Route 1 (South Dixie Highway) and Southwest 288th Street (Biscayne Drive). The structure is comprised of numerous megalithic stones (mostly coral), each weighing several tons. ..The structure is considered mysterious, by some, mainly because it is often said that one man assembled the entire structure."

Busch Gardens

"Busch Gardens is the name of two amusement parks in the United States owned and operated by Busch Entertainment Corporation, a division of Anheuser-Busch. One of the parks is in Tampa, Florida and the other is in Williamsburg, Virginia. "