Lovers Key State Park between Black Island and Bonita Beach is one of Southwest Florida’s loveliest (and most secluded) state parks; home to an abundance of wildlife, including roseate spoonbills, marsh rabbits bottlenose dolphins and West Indian manatees.

Captiva Beach draws in a fairly steady flow of beachcombers, who search up and down the park’s five-plus miles of shoreline looking for shells, also enjoys notoriety as one of Southwest Florida’s most romantic beaches.

Thomas Edison Laboratory & Museum located on the grounds of the Edison Estate, the museum contains many inventions attributed to Mr. Edison and the 14-acre estate includes several plants that Edison collected during his travels around the world.

Lighthouse Beach Park the beach is among the finest in the area also features a small pier for fishing and indoor restroom facilities.

Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium spans more than 100 acres. Check out the most visible stellar phenomena each month, ranging from constellations to meteor showers to your average international space station. The museum has exhibits on indigenous snakes, alligators and crocodiles, as well as many other representatives of the animal kingdom.

J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge offers more than 6000 acres of South Florida’s wildest wetlands, pearly-white beaches and mangrove forests, alligators, several species of birds of prey, river otters, and sea turtles.

Bailey — Matthews Shell Museum displays shells collected from beaches on these islands and around the world; the most interesting display is a large globe displaying shells gathered from beaches on nearly every continent.

Edison & Ford Winter Estates homes of famous scientist and inventor Thomas Edison, and American auto pioneer Henry Ford sit right beside each other on Fort Myers’s McGregor Boulevard.

Manatee World Boat Tours offer one of the best ways for out-of-towners to tour the area waters and meet one of Southwest Florida’s most unique indigenous residents, the manatee, or “sea cow.”

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