Lost Attractions of Florida
Author | : James C. Clark |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2023-02-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467145955 |
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Author | : James C. Clark |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2023-02-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467145955 |
Author | : Tim Hollis |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467150339 |
Beginning in the early 1950s, the 130 miles of Florida coastline stretching from Panama City to Pensacola were branded as the Miracle Strip. Between those cities, oddities sprang up: goofy miniature golf courses, neon-bedecked motels, reptile farms and attractions that sought to re-create environments ranging from the South Pacific to the ghost towns of the Old West. In total, it was a marketing effort that worked brilliantly. Tourists flocked to the Strip, and now they can return. Author Tim Hollis presents a colorful array of these now-vanished sights, from the garish Miracle Strip Amusement Park to such oddities as Castle Dracula and the Museum of the Sea and Indian.
Author | : Tim Hollis |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2018-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1467139564 |
For more than 50 years, there was no more iconic Florida tourist attraction than Silver Springs. Its sheer popularity meant that the surrounding area--indeed, the entirety of Marion County--serviced the entertainment, gas, food, and lodging needs of millions of tourists annually. Visitors flocked to places like Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Tommy Bartlett's Deer Ranch, and natural attractions like Rainbow Springs and Ocala Caverns. Sadly, as Florida tourism moved into the theme park era, scores of smaller attractions and their related businesses were abandoned. Author Tim Hollis revisits these once-thriving tourist spots and what happened when those tourists stopped coming.
Author | : Kenneth Breslauer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2018-07-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781532363337 |
Author | : Tim Hollis |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467144126 |
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is among the most visited national parks in the country, and countless attractions around its borders have tried for decades to siphon some of those valuable tourist dollars. From ersatz western towns and concrete dinosaurs to misplaced Florida-type attractions and celebrity theaters, you will find them all preserved in this book. Author Tim Hollis showcases those businesses that no longer exist, from Hill-Billy Village in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg's theme parks on the Tennessee side to the motels of Cherokee and Ghost Town in the Sky on the North Carolina side.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1618586262 |
Today, we're familiar with the major theme parks which charge families hundreds of dollars a day to wait in line for moments of thrills on technologically amazing rides. Florida, however, has been drawing tourists for centuries with simpler attractions which cost much less to view the animals or exhibits, or commune with nature. In Historic Photos of Florida Early Tourist Attractions, Steve Rajtar brings us back to the simpler ways early visitors enjoyed their time in the Sunshine State. Tour the state with photos of the tourist attractions which were here before Walt Disney World, in the days when a row of antique cars sufficed and tourists did not require constant action. See the wax figures which amazed visitors long before the invention of audioanimatronic mannequins. See what curiosities brought in the tourists and their dollars decades before today's theme parks dominated the billboards and themselves became worldwide vacation destinations.
Author | : Tim Hollis |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2019-04-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439666636 |
Journey along with the king of nostalgia, Tim Hollis, for a tour of lost attractions of northern, central and southern Alabama. Alabama has had an enviable success rate when it comes to tourist attractions, with some that date back to the 1930s still drawing crowds today. But many others have come and gone, sometimes leaving little evidence of their existence. Join Alabama native Tim Hollis as he revisits iconic attractions such as Canyon Land Park and Sequoyah Caverns, the floral clock at Birmingham's Botanical Gardens and the traffic safety torch held aloft by Vulcan, the iron man. Many Gulf Coast attractions are gone, including Styx River Water World and Spooky Golf, but the memories remain.
Author | : Tim Hollis |
Publisher | : History Press |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2021-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781540246455 |
While Atlanta has been a major tourist destination since the Civil War, travelers rarely encountered the rest of Georgia unless they were on their way to Florida. That meant scores of attractions, motels, restaurants and gas stations sprang up along the major and minor routes, all vying for their own piece of those Yankee dollars. In Lost Attractions of Georgia, author Tim Hollis introduces us to such defunct sights as Storyland and the Georgia Game Park, as well as now-extinct elements of popular attractions, including Six Flags Over Georgia, Rock City, Stone Mountain Park and others.
Author | : Steve Gross |
Publisher | : Rizzoli International Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780847825639 |
Captured in such unusual vintage attractions as the 1906 Historic Smallwood Store on Chokoloskee Island, the ornate Venetian Pool in Coral Gables, and the mysterious Coral Castle, constructed entirely from coral by one man. Old Florida is the first book to show the full range of architectural styles -- from the grand to the modest -- that demonstrate the eclecticism of this intriguing state. In 150 spectacular color and black-and-white images, photographers Steve Gross and Sue Daley have captured the essence of Old Florida in a book that will fascinate residents, tourists, and armchair travelers alike. Book jacket.
Author | : Murray D. Laurie |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2016-12-29 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1561649996 |
This newly updated guide has a destination to suit every interest. See Florida through the eyes of the natives, pioneers, artists, statesmen, and writers who have lived here. Visit country stores, one-room schoolhouses, coquina forts, and churches, as well as mansions, theaters, art galleries, and gardens. You'll find over 350 museums and attractions to choose from.