Herbert Hoover Dike
115 East Main Street, Pahokee
924-5579
Named after the late president, it was built after the devastating hurricane of 1928 when various man-made dikes failed to control the high waters of Lake Okeechobee. The Dike is surrounded by the beautiful Lake Okeechobee, the second largest lake in the United States, with 730 sq. miles of [...]
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Herbert Hoover Dike in Pahokee Florida
Published December 28th, 2009 in South Florida Children. ClosedChristopher’s Christmas Shoppe in North Palm Beach Florida
Published December 16th, 2009 in South Florida Children. ClosedChristopher’s Christmas Shoppe
North Palm Beach
848-4500
Visit the elaborate indoor/outdoor holiday displays, caroling by local choirs, surprise visits by Santa Claus for youngsters. A 13,000-square-foot building features quaint year-round Christmas Shoppe with large selections of trees, lights, ornaments of European glass, specialty ornaments and collectibles such as Polonaise, Christopher Radko, Dean Griff, Winters Eve, Enesco, Pooh & [...]
International Museum Of Cartoon Art
Published December 7th, 2009 in South Florida Attractions. ClosedInternational Museum Of Cartoon Art
201 Plaza Real
391-2200
Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Sun. noon-6.
Telephone first to verify hours.
Championed by Beetle Bailey cartoonist Mort Walker, this is the only museum of its kind in the world. It showcases more than 160,000 pieces of art created over two centuries by more than 1,000 artists from more than 50 countries: everything from [...]
Arthur R. Marshall-Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach Florida
Published December 2nd, 2009 in Nature and Wildlife and South Florida Attractions. ClosedArthur R. Marshall-Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
10119 Lee Rd., off U.S. 441 between Boynton Beach Blvd. (Rte. 804) and Atlantic Ave. (Rte. 806), west of Boynton Beach
734-8303
Daily 6 AM-sunset; visitor center weekdays 9-4, weekends 9-4:30
Entrance fees apply.
The refuge, established in 1951, is the last remnant of land in the northern Everglades in South Florida. It was [...]

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