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Nov 27, 2025
Orlando Florida Day Trips And One Tank Trips 100 Miles Or Less
These Orlando Florida day trips are within 100 miles of the city. You will learn about a variety of attractions and off the beaten path places to visit.
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Nov 27, 2025
Chinsegut Hill: Where History Meets Hospitality
Chinsegut Hill is in Brooksville. The word is an Alaskan Innuit word meaning, “The spirit of things lost and regained.”
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Nov 27, 2025
Eustis, Florida: On Beautiful Lake Eustis
Eustis, Florida is a thriving small town on the eastern shore of Lake Eustis in Central Florida. It is named for a Seminole War general.
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Nov 27, 2025
Howard Johnson's: Popular Florida Restaurants Gone Forever
Howard Johnson's restaurant and motel chain once had 1,000 restaurants. It was the largest chain in the U.S.
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Nov 27, 2025
Leesburg, Florida. Historic Citrus Town on Chain of Lakes
Leesburg, Florida is located in central Florida on the Harris Chain of Lakes. It has a population of about 16,000.
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Nov 26, 2025
Three Rivers State Park
Three Rivers State Park covers 686 acres along the southwestern shore of Lake Seminole in Sneads, Florida where the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers meet.
Nov 26, 2025
The Hacienda Hotel: New Port Richey Historic Lodging
The Hacienda Hotel in New Port Richey is a small boutique hotel that has been recently restored.unctioinel
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Nov 26, 2025
Crystal Ice Company
The Crystal Ice Company building in Pensacola was built in 1932 and served as a drive-thru roadside ice stand for locals. It sold blocks of ice, not ice cubes.
Nov 26, 2025
Dudley Farm Historic State Park: Newberry, Florida
Dudley Farm Historic State Park covers 325 acres near Newberry, Florida. It preserves a complete late-19th to mid-20th-century Cracker farmstead.
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Nov 26, 2025
Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park
Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park preserves the ruins of one of Florida’s largest antebellum sugar plantations. The park covers 150 acres
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