Things to do / Travel Guide
- Why do we love the city of Apalachicola? Because this city is where air conditioning and the refrigerator were invented, in 1842, by one Dr. John Gorrie. He hoped to control the room temperature of the hospital at which he worked. Thanks, Dr. Gorrie!
- Jacksonville is the largest city in the continental U.S., area-wise. It covers 875 square miles, compared with New York City's 470 square miles and Los Angeles' 500.
- Micanopy is known for its old-time Victorian architecture and Southern charm. For these reasons it has been chosen as the set for two big-time Hollywood movies - “Doc Hollywood” (starring Michael J. Fox) and “Cross Creek” (starring Rip Torn).
- Some years, the Daytona 500 NASCAR auto race brings in more than 250,000 spectators each year; and Daytona Beach's Bike Week brings 500,000 bikers and enthusiasts to the city annually. For 500,000 people to converge on the city for this famous event would be like all of Wyoming crowding into a city smaller than Boulder, Colorado.
- Back in the early days of European exploration, the manatee's nose, which flits up out of the water and then sinks down again, was thought to be the sign of a mermaid's presence.
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