what to do and see in miami florida?
Wolfsonian-FIU Lowe Art Museum Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Miami Art Museum Frost Art Museum Coral Castle Jewish Museum of Florida Jungle Island Miami Seaquarium Venetian Pool
contradiction
 A New York Times story reporting on Disston 's progress in 1883 stated that before Disston 's purchase and the subsequent development , the only places worth seeing in Florida were Jacksonville and St. Augustine , with perhaps an overnight trip on the St. Johns River to Palatka ; by 1883 tourist attractions had extended 250 miles ( 400 km ) south . More attention was paid to the St. Johns with the increasing population . Florida was portrayed as an exotic wonderland able to cure failing health with its water and citrus , and the region began to be highlighted in travel writings . To relieve his bronchitis , Ralph Waldo Emerson stayed briefly in St. Augustine , calling north Florida " a grotesque region " that was being swarmed by land speculators . Emerson poignantly disliked the public sale of slaves , adding to his overall distaste . Following the Civil War , however , famed author Harriet Beecher Stowe lived near Jacksonville and traveled up the St. Johns , writing about it with affection : " The entrance of the St. Johns from the ocean is one of the most singular and impressive passages of scenery that we ever passed through : in fine weather the sight is magnificent . " Her memoir Palmetto Leaves , published in 1873 as a series of her letters home , was very influential in luring northern residents to the state . 

entailment
 The people of the Glades culture inhabited the Biscayne Bay region as early as 10 @,@ 000 years ago before rising sea levels filled the bay . The Tequesta people occupied the islands and shoreline from about 4 @,@ 000 years before the present to the 16th century , when the Spanish took possession of Florida . Reefs claimed ships from Spanish times through the 20th century , with more than 40 documented wrecks within the park 's boundaries . While the park 's islands were farmed during the 19th and early 20th centuries , their rocky soil and periodic hurricanes made agriculture difficult to sustain . In the early 20th century the islands became secluded destinations for wealthy Miamians who built getaway homes and social clubs . Mark C. Honeywell 's guesthouse on Boca Chita Key was the area 's most elaborate private retreat , featuring a mock lighthouse . The Cocolobo Cay Club was at various times owned by Miami developer Carl G. Fisher , yachtsman Garfield Wood , and President Richard Nixon 's friend Bebe Rebozo , and was visited by four United States presidents . The amphibious community of Stiltsville was established in the 1930s in the shoals of northern Biscayne Bay , taking advantage of its remoteness from land to offer offshore gambling and alcohol during Prohibition . Following the Cuban Revolution of 1959 , Elliott Key was used as a training ground for infiltrators into Fidel Castro 's Cuba by the Central Intelligence Agency and by Cuban exile groups . 

contradiction
 Due to Disston 's purchase , the IIF was able to sponsor railroad projects , and the opportunity presented itself when oil tycoon Henry Flagler became enchanted with St. Augustine during a vacation . He built the opulent Ponce de León Hotel in St. Augustine in 1888 , and began buying land and building rail lines along the east coast of Florida , first from Jacksonville to Daytona , then as far south as Palm Beach in 1893 . Flagler 's establishment of " the Styx " , a settlement for hotel and rail line workers across the river from the barrier island containing Palm Beach , became West Palm Beach . Along the way he built resort hotels , transforming territorial outposts into tourist destinations and the land bordering the rail lines into citrus farms . 

entailment
 In Miami , hoteliers and Dolphins Stadium had to quickly prepare for the arrival of Oklahoma and Florida , the two teams that played in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game one week after the Orange Bowl . Signs were changed , the playing field was repainted , and accommodations were prepared for the thousands of expected spectators . In total , South Florida 's economy received an estimated $ 220 million boost from visitors who arrived to watch the two games . 

entailment
 Access to the park from the mainland is limited to the immediate vicinity of the Dante Fascell Visitor Center at Convoy Point . All other portions of the park are reachable only by private or concessioner boats . Activities include boating , fishing , kayaking , windsurfing , snorkeling and scuba diving . Miami @-@ Dade County operates four marina parks near the park . Homestead Bayfront Park is directly adjacent to the park headquarters at Convoy Point . Farther south Black Point Park provides access to Adams and Elliott Keys . Matheson Hammock Park is near the north end of the park , and Crandon Park is on Key Biscayne . 
