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Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Jungle Queen Riverboats#1 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Jungle Queen Riverboats
Fort Lauderdale FL
~0.03 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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For more than 50 years, visitors have traveled on this stately riverboat. Tours sail past estates while an entertaining monologue by the captain points out the homes of the famous and the infamous. On three-hour day tours or four-hour dinner voyages you can sail to an island where you will dine amid tropical foliage. Evening cruises feature a dinner of barbecued ribs and shrimp, with a variety revue and sing-a-long cruising back.801 Seabreeze BoulevardFort Lauderdale, FL 33316-1629954-462-5596info@junglequeen.comOpen Hours10a-7p M-Suhttp://www.junglequeen.com/
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art#2 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art
Fort Lauderdale FL
~0.17 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale or MOAFL is an art museum in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Originating in 1958 as the Fort Lauderdale Art Center, the museum is located in a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m2) modernist building designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes. The current building was constructed in 1986, with a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) wing added in 2001. Tha main exhibition area comprises 21,000 square feet (2,000 m2); a sculpture terrace on the second floor adds an additional 2,800 square feet (260 m2) of space.[1] The museum, unlike major museums in nearby Miami, Florida and Palm Beach, Florida, emphasizes contemporary (20th century) projects[2].Among its 6200 pieces are a significant collection of ceramics by Pablo Picasso, a collection of contemporary Cuban art representing the contr...
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Old Fort Lauderdale Village and Museuem#3 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Old Fort Lauderdale Village and Museuem
Fort Lauderdale FL
~0.18 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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The Fort Lauderdale Historical Society was set up to preserve and showcase the history of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County. The village has three preserved 19th century buildings of Boward County, a model of the first schoolhouse, and a research center. It offers programs for children which include hands-on re-enactments, schoolhouse class programs, guided tours of exhibits in the museum of history, guided walking tours of the landscape and lectures throughout the year.
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Las Olas Riverfront#4 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Las Olas Riverfront
Fort Lauderdale FL
~0.27 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Las Olas Boulevard is a popular thoroughfare located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States that runs from Andrews Avenue in the Central Business District to A1A and Fort Lauderdale Beach. The easternmost section of the boulevard is interlaced with canals and waterfront homes. The commercial stretch, approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) in length, features cool sub-tropical breezeways and courtyards alive with bars, nightclubs, bridal stores, trendy shops, chic boutiques, art galleries, restaurants and hotels. It is sometimes referred to as the Rodeo Drive of Fort Lauderdale. The name "Las Olas" means "The Waves" in Spanish. There has been a radical change in the appearance of Las Olas over the past 10 years as a series of impressive office buildings and condominiums have been constructed.
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Museum of Discovery and Science#5 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Museum of Discovery and Science
Fort Lauderdale FL
~0.29 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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This enjoyable museum for children of all ages is known for its interactive, hands-on displays, which change frequently. The Special Exhibits Gallery features some of the best science exhibits in the United States. The museum also allows its guests to touch live animals that are native to Florida and to view the world's largest captive Atlantic coral reef. The Blockbuster IMAX 3D theater is also on-site.
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Stranahan House#6 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Stranahan House
Fort Lauderdale FL
~0.41 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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The Stranahan House, also known as the Pioneer House, is an historic building located at 335 Southeast 6th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.It was built in 1902 as a trading post by Frank Stranahan (1865-1929}, the founder of Fort Lauderdale, who had earlier established a ferry across the New River at this point to carry traffic on the newly built road from Lantana to what is now North Miami. (That road is now U.S. 1.) The building also served as the town hall and post office. It became his home in 1906 when he added a second story and remodeled the existing structure for his wife, Ivy Julia (Cromartie) Stranahan (1881-1971), Fort Lauderdale's first teacher and co-founder, whom he had married in 1900. After her husband's death Ivy Stranahan kept the house, but rented out...
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Old Dillard Art and Cultural Museum#7 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Old Dillard Art and Cultural Museum
Fort Lauderdale FL
~0.74 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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This cultural and educational museum was built in 1924 and originally served as the first school in Fort Lauderdale for African-Americans. The Old Dillard Cultural Arts Museum has now been restored as a community historic landmark. Today, it contains African-related artifacts including art, jewelry and tribal masks. The museum also features a live storyteller, who shares his tales of Africa from inside a thatched hut. School tours are welcome.
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum#8 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum
Fort Lauderdale FL
~1.32 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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The Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum, Inc. was established as a non-profit foundation for education (501.C.3), to ensure the preservation of the history of the Packard Motor Co., and to show the progress and development of skills in American engineering.The museum is a reproduction of a Packard showroom from the 1920's. When you visit, you will see a piece of this great American automotive history. On display are 22 Packard motor cars from the 1900's to the 1940's, all in full working order. There are Roadsters with compartments for golf clubs, a doctor's coupe with a compartment for his medical bag, and a 1929 645 Dual Cowl Phaeton that can self-lubricate its chassis as it drives along the road. These automobiles were some of the finest cars ever made and the workmanship is hard to fi...
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Kidney Stone Center South Florida#9 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Kidney Stone Center South Florida
1625 Se 3rd Ave Fort Lauderdale FL - 954-355-5150
~1.40 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Lauderdale Marina#10 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Lauderdale Marina
Fort Lauderdale FL
~1.87 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Lauderdale Marina is a world-class marine facility located on the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.The facility is an ideal mix of superb dockage, a top-notch ethanol free fueling station, well-stocked marine store, new and pre-owned boat sales center, comprehensive parts department, outboard service department, 15th Street Fisheries (our award-winning restaurant) and numerous related businesses, all on premises. We're also home to one of the largest and most popular Boston Whaler dealerships in the United States.
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Broward Convention Center#11 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Broward Convention Center
Fort Lauderdale FL
~2.05 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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The Broward Convention Center is located in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Convention Center offers a variety of banquet halls and meeting rooms perfect for any occasion.
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Galleria Mall#12 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Galleria Mall
Fort Lauderdale FL
~2.11 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: African  American Research Library and Cultural Center#13 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
African American Research Library and Cultural Center
2650 Sistrunk Blvd Fort Lauderdale FL - 954-625-2800
~2.16 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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The African-American Research Library and Cultural Center is a general-service library, as well as a research facility and cultural center containing more than 75,000 books and related materials that focus on the experiences of people of African descent.
http://www.broward.org/library/aarlcc.htm
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Fort Lauderdale Beach#14 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale Beach
Fort Lauderdale FL
~2.35 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: International Swimming Hall of Fame#15 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
International Swimming Hall of Fame
Fort Lauderdale FL
~2.35 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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The International Swimming Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit educational organization located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Our mission is to promote the benefits and importance of swimming as a key to fitness, good health, quality of life, and the water safety of children. We will accomplish this through operation of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, a dynamic shrine dedicated to the history, memory, and recognition of the famous swimmers, divers, water polo players, synchronized swimmers, and persons involved in life saving activities and education, throughout the world, whose lives and accomplishments will serve to inspire, educate, and be role models for all those who participate in the Hall of Fame’s experience and programs.
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Terramar Beach#16 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Terramar Beach
Fort Lauderdale FL
~2.43 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Sebastian Beach#17 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Sebastian Beach
Fort Lauderdale FL
~2.43 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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One reviewer writes:If you're tired of the SoBe artificial scene with plastic people and overpriced restaurants, Sebastian Beach is the place where the gay community has drifted as the market drifted nothwards also. Sebastian Beach is relatively small,in the shadow of the new Westin and Trump towers, but this small three-block area is assiduously populated by a large, in-shape, crowd, totally different from the Wal-Mart sized oiled crowd in the rest of the expansive Ft. Lauderdale beach. The gay area is three blocks to the South of the large string of gay B&B and gay hotels, and buffered to the North by the jet ski channel; to the South by that invisible buffer that seems to appear on all gay beaches. Much less pretentious than its cousin to the South. And nice people.
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: The Gallery at Beach Place#18 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
The Gallery at Beach Place
Fort Lauderdale FL
~2.45 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Traveler Description: Three level entertainment/shopping complex.Attraction type: Other, MallActivities: Shoppinghttp://www.galleryatbeachplace.com/Address: 17 S Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316Tel: 954 764 3460
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Bonnet House#19 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Bonnet House
900 N Birch Rd Fort Lauderdale FL - 954-563-5393
~2.57 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Hugh Taylor Birch State Park#20 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
Fort Lauderdale FL
~2.68 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Smack in the middle of the city is this 180-acre park, which offers a respite from city life with picnicking, camping, swimming and canoeing and a chance to tour the home of the generous man who donated his lovely estate to Florida. Attraction type: State park, ParkActivities: Bikinghttp://www.floridastateparks.org/hughtaylorbirch/d...Address: 3109 East Sunrise Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304Tel: 954-564-4521
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Wilton Manors#21 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Wilton Manors (Neighborhood)
Wilton Manors FL
~2.92 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Wilton Manors is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 12,879. Wilton Manors is part of the South Florida metropolitan area, which is home to 5,463,857 people.Debbie Wasserman Schultz is Wilton Manors' congresswoman.Wilton Manors City Hall. Sign in front reads, Unlicensed contracting is a felony in Florida. Signs such as these were in direct response to the proliferation of unlicensed contractors following Hurricane Wilma's destruction.Wilton Manors, the "Island City", was incorporated in 1947. It is bordered on the north by the North Fork of the Middle River and the City of Oakland Park; to the south, the boundaries include the South Fork of the Middle River and the City of Fort Lauder...
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Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Broward Center for the Performing Arts#22 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Fort Lauderdale FL
~3.43 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Galt Ocean Mile Village and Shops
Northeast 33rd Street Fort Lauderdale FL
~4.16 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: John Lloyd State Park#24 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
John Lloyd State Park
Fort Lauderdale FL
~5.06 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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The recreation area was named in memory of the late John U. Lloyd, Broward County’s attorney for more than 30 years, who was instrumental in acquiring the first piece of property that eventually became this park.New River Sound was the original link from the Atlantic Ocean to the Intracoastal Waterway and the New River in Fort Lauderdale. The Native Americans used this for access to and from the Everglades.The "Barefoot Mailman" walked along these very shores in the late 1800’s to deliver mail to the hardy souls willing to brave the hostile environment before Interstates and air conditioning.Whiskey Creek, as the sound is now known, was used for smuggling liquor during "The Prohibition Era". There have been a number of sites found just west of the park of old smugglers camps in...
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Lockhart Stadium#25 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Lockhart Stadium
5301 Northwest 12th Ave. Fort Lauderdale FL - 954-202-3420
~5.12 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Lockhart Stadium, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a stadium that serves as the home of the Florida Atlantic University football team. The stadium is also currently used by Fort Lauderdale High School, and Dillard High School for home high school football games. Built in 1959 as an athletic facility for local high schools, it is part of a sports complex that also includes Fort Lauderdale Stadium. The stadium is owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale.The stadium has served as home for two pro soccer teams. Lockhart was the home field for both the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League as well as the Miami Fusion F.C. of Major League Soccer. DC United's 1998 victory over Vasco da Gama was also held there. The field is a FIFA-regulation field 75 yards by 116.FAU...
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Anne Kolb Nature Center#26 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Anne Kolb Nature Center
Hollywood FL
~6.22 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Hard Rock Seminole Casino
1 Seminole Way Hollywood FL
~6.39 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Pine Island Park#28 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Pine Island Park
320 S Pine Island Rd Fort Lauderdale FL
~7.36 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Pine Island Park Community Center has several ongoing activities offered including swimming lessons, Tae Kwon Do, craft activities for younger children and more. The community center has a full gym for Davie residents, a walking/exercise trail, picnic tables, and baseball fields. The pool is an Olympic size pool and they also offer tennis lessons there.For the nature reserve, see:3800 SW. 92nd Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33314
#29 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Pompano Square
Dania FL
~9.57 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Pompano Citi Centre is a primarily open-air shopping mall in Pompano Beach, Florida. The center consists of a strip of big box retailers, as well as a small lifestyle center section. The mall's anchors include J. C. Penney, Lowe's, Macy's, and Sears. Office Depot and Ross are considered by Faison, the property owner and developer, as junior anchors. Previously, the center was an enclosed mall called Pompano Square. Originally developed by Leonard L. Farber, Inc. in 1970, Pompano Fashion Square was renamed and renovated in 1985 to better compete with newer shopping centers. By the early-2000s, however, Pompano Square was a dead mall. Interest in redevelopment surfaced in 2004, and Faison revitalized the center into the current outdoor mall in 2006.The old enclosed mall featured Jordan M...
Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale: Tradewinds Park#30 of 30 Things To Do in Fort Lauderdale
Tradewinds Park
Pompano Beach FL
~10.67 miles from Fort Lauderdale city center
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Tradewinds Park is an approximately 627-acre Broward County regional park and is located on both sides of Sample Road at 3600 W. Sample Rd. in Coconut Creek, just west of Florida's Turnpike. The park is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. During Daylight Saving Time, the park is open daily until 7:30 p.m.Fun Fitness: Workout Classes Dog's Best Friend: Obedience ClassesDisc Golf CourseFood ConcessionsPlaygroundsBounce House RentalsSports Equipment RentalsFishingJogging and Biking PathsPicnic Shelters Rental Information Picnic Shelters North SidePicnic Shelters South SideGate Admission and Fees




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