Author : Tim Hollis
Release : 2022-01-17
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Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Lost Attractions of Florida's Miracle Strip by : Tim Hollis
Download or read book Lost Attractions of Florida's Miracle Strip written by Tim Hollis. This book was released on 2022-01-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.