{"id":9435,"date":"2022-11-30T15:46:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T20:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=9435"},"modified":"2022-11-30T15:46:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T20:46:09","slug":"travel-23-florida-places-to-visit-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/travel-23-florida-places-to-visit-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel | 23 Florida places to visit in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By Debi Lander\u00a0<br>mail@floridanewsline.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I love traveling to foreign countries, my home state of Florida offers many rich travel destinations. I didn\u2019t include St. Augustine or Disney World, as I hope everyone in Northeast Florida has explored those. How many of the 23 mentioned below have you experienced? Be sure to add one to your travel plans for 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Everglades National Park and a trek across Alligator Alley<\/li><li>Salvador Dali Museum and other museums in St. Petersburg<\/li><li>A Grapefruit Baseball League game<\/li><li>A swim with the Manatees, Crystal River<\/li><li>Watch a race at Daytona Beach Speedway<\/li><li>See a rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center<\/li><li>Stroll the gardens at Bok Tower&nbsp;<\/li><li>Visit Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings\u2019 home, author of \u201cThe Yearling\u201d<\/li><li>See Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s architecture at Florida Southern College in Lakeland<\/li><li>Explore cigar history and the original Columbia Restaurant, Ybor City<\/li><li>Tour Henry Plant\u2019s old hotel, Tampa Bay Hotel<\/li><li>Watch re-enactment of Civil War battle at Olustee Battlefield<\/li><li>Gamble Mansion, an Old Florida plantation in Ellenton<\/li><li>Ringling Museums: Circus Museum, Ringling Museum of Art, and the Ca d\u2019Zan, home of John and Mabel Ringling, Sarasota<\/li><li>Vizcaya, Miami, the magnificent winter home of John Deering<\/li><li>Gilbert\u2019s Bar House of Refuge, Hutchinson Island<\/li><li>See the wizard\u2019s lab, Edison and Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers&nbsp;<\/li><li>Did DeSoto land at De Soto National Memorial, Bradenton&nbsp;<\/li><li>Stetson Mansion, DeLand, Gilded Age home built for the famous hat manufacturer<\/li><li>Fort Clinch, see living history in a North Florida State Park&nbsp;<\/li><li>Mount Dora offers a bit of New England in Central Florida<\/li><li>Discover Florida\u2019s history at the Old Capitol, Tallahassee<\/li><li>Florida Keys, visit Hemingway House and Dry Tortugas National Park<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Visit www.bylandersea.com to read more of local travel writer Debi Lander\u2019s stories and travel tips.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photos courtesy Debi Lander<br>Ca d&#8217;Zan, Ringling home.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Debi Lander\u00a0mail@floridanewsline.com While I love traveling to foreign countries, my home state of Florida offers many rich travel destinations. I didn\u2019t include St. Augustine or Disney World, as I hope everyone in Northeast Florida has explored those. How many of the 23 mentioned below have you experienced? 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