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Explore Florida’s Ten Thousand Islands, the easy way

Vast and remote, the Ten Thousand Islands off Florida's southwest coast seems challenging to visit, a labyrinth of twisting channels through thousands of remote mangrove islands. But even the casual...
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Keys Hideaway: Curry Hammock State Park

Curry Hammock State Park is one of those destinations in the Florida Keys that you'll pass right by unless you know it's there, and that's the beauty of it. This...
At Venice, on Florida's Gulf Coast, visitors can find shells and, quite possibly, shark's teeth.

5 things to discover near Florida’s Venice

Some well-kept secrets are upstaged by the old world charm of this Mediterranean-influenced city on the Gulf Coast, conceived as one of Florida's first planned communities in the early 20th...
Jennifer Bernatis, top, and Kristi Lee with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, inventory invertebrates at Rock Springs in Apopka.

Cool escapes: Florida’s crystal clear springs

Floridians weather the heat and humidity of our brutal summers by fleeing to the state's wealth of cool, clear, refreshing springs, which spill thousands of gallons of water out of...