Lost Attractions of Florida's Miracle Strip

Lost Attractions of Florida's Miracle Strip
ISBN-10
1439674302
ISBN-13
9781439674307
Category
History
Pages
144
Language
English
Published
2022-01-17
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Author
Tim Hollis

Description

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.

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