Explore Central Florida's Picturesque Attractions and Towns

If you're visiting Central Florida and would like to explore the region, here are a few off-the-beaten-path places that are well worth a drive:

Forever Florida, located on a 4 700-acre cattle ranch and nature preserve, offers three types of zip-line safaris.
Take a walking tour of Main Street DeLand's famous town murals.
Explore DeLeon Springs State Park in DeLand through a 50-minute eco/history boat tour that departs every hour from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Go birding at the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, also in DeLand, and rent a paddleboat or hike the four-mile Wild Persimmon Trail.
Drive to the Ocala forest for a horseback ride at the Florida Carriage Museum, nestled in 400 bucolic acres in Florida’s horse country. You can also tour the museum's 160 carriages, including elaborate royal models.
Take a glass bottom boat tour at Silver Springs State Park near Ocala.
Check out the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park to see the largest collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany artwork in the world.
Tour the 12 Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in Lakeland's Florida Southern College campus.
Take a Segway tour of Mount Dora which begins below sea level and soars up a large (Florida-style!) hill. Afterward go antiquing.
Drive through the Ridge Scenic Highway a 38.7-mile route on SR 17 that travels through many historic communities.
Investigate Spook Hill in Lake Wales and see if your car rolls backward up the hill.
Visit Lake Wales meandering through Bok Tower Gardens while the 60-bell carillon gives one of its twice-daily concerts.