Visiting the United States? Plan a trip to America’s tropical paradise: Florida. There are an endless array of exciting activities and places to visit in Florida. Looking for some tips? Here are the top 40 places to visit and things to do in Florida:

1. 1) Take a guided tour and explore Miami’s Art Deco district
2. 2) Visit Aquatica, the new water park in Orlando
3. 3) Florida’s oyster capital in Apalachicola
4. 4) Thomas Edison and Henry Ford winter estates in Fort Meyers
5. 5) Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of America Art in Winter Park
6. 6) Antique stores in Mt. Dora and popular Renninger’s Antique Center
7. 7) Fort Lauderdale’s waterfront mansions and shopping at Las Olas Boulevard
8. 8 ) Take a surfing lesson at Cocoa Beach
9. 9) Ghost Tours in St. Augustine
10. 10) Visit the new Jungala, an interactive experience at Busch Gardens Africa
11. 11) Bike the Tallahassee - St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail
12. 12) Fort Walton Beach’s annual Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival
13. 13) Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge off Melbourne Beach
14. 14) Universal Orlando Resort
15. 15) Explore the Everglades National Park and it’s 1.5 million acres of subtropical landscape
16. 16) West Palm Beach’s Sunfest Music Festival in May
17. 17) John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota
18. 18) Silver Sands Factory Outlet Stores in Destin
19. 19) Enjoy stone crabs at Joe’s Stone Crab in Miami
20. 20) Victorian village of Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island
21. 21) Big Cypress Seminole Reservation in the Everglades
22. 22) Ybor City, Tampa’s Latin Quarter
23. 23) Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art
24. 24) Experience race driving at the Richard Petty Driving Experience, Daytona 500 Experience
25. 25) Caladesi Island State Park
26. 26) Collect shells at Sanibel and Captiva islands
27. 27) Enjoy interactive experiences at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola
28. 28) Swim with the dolphins at Dolphin World in the Florida Keys
29. 29) Take a houseboat ride on the Suwanee River
30. 30) Try the Shuttle Launch Experience at the Kennedy Space Visitor Complex
31. 31) World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine
32. 32) Take a classic wooden roller coaster ride in Winter Haven’s Cypress Gardens Adventure Park
33. 33) Walt Disney World in Orlando
34. 34) Shop flea markets at the Big Cypress Market Place in Naples
35. 35) Enjoy a nightly outdoor celebration of sunset at Key West’s Mallory Square
36. 36) See manatees at Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
37. 37) Kayak or canoe on Grayton Beach State Park in Western Lake
38. 38) Watch a sunset at Pier 60 in Clearwater Beach
39. 39) Re-live the golden age at Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Palm Beach
40. 40) Learn about life as an early settler in Florida at Spanish Point in Osprey