Sights in Daytona Beach
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Daytona Beach Pier
Follow Main St further east and you’ll stumble onto coral-colored Daytona Beach Pier. Easy to spot for its iconic 180ft tower (which formerly zoomed sightseers heavenward for panoramic views, but now sits frustratingly impotent on the pier), two-person cabled gondolas carry you the length of the 1000ft pier and back for $7 per person. It is worth a gander, but the pier’s vintage feel has somehow disappeared. Too bad: this pier – among the longest on the east coast – has been around over 100 years.
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Marine Science Center
Despite the built-up environs at Daytona Beach, loggerheads, green turtles, Kemp Ridleys and occasionally leatherbacks are found in the area. A rehab center for injured sea turtles and birds, the Marine Science Center has a wet/dry lab, some great kid-friendly exhibits and a guided tour of the on-site turtle and seabird rehabilitation facilities (call ahead).
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Boardwalk
The architecture and neon along the Atlantic Ave strip is a living museum of 1950s pop culture.
The Boardwalk, which runs behind Ocean Ave between Main St and Auditorium Blvd, offers thrill rides, go-carts and beachside patios where you sip beer from plastic cups. It's good family fun with just a hint of sleaze to keep things interesting.
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Little Chapel by the Sea
Little Chapel by the Sea is a drive-in Christian church. Pull up, hook a speaker to your car (or do as the locals do and tune to 680AM or 88.5FM) and listen to the Rev preach. He and the choir hold service on a balcony overlooking the sea of cars. There’s free coffee and donuts between services. Only in Daytona.
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Southeast Museum of Photography
The only museum in Florida dedicated solely to photography, the vibrant Southeast Museum of Photography doesn’t shy from provocative subjects like human rights in its rotating exhibitions. Some images can be confrontational – check before taking impressionable eyes.
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Daytona International Speedway
The Holy Grail of raceways is the Daytona International Speedway. Ticket prices accelerate rapidly for the big races headlined by the Daytona 500 in February, but you can wander the massive stands for free on nonrace days.
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Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
About 6 miles south of Daytona Beach, you can walk the 203 steps up to the top of Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and congratulate yourself: it's Florida's tallest.
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Museum of Arts & Sciences
The Museum of Arts & Sciences has a wonderful mishmash of everything from Cuban art to Coca-Cola relics to a 13ft giant sloth skeleton.
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