Fort Lauderdale Sights

  1. Bonnet House

    Another of Fort Lauderdale's historic residences, the Bonnet House is a beautiful estate filled with native southern Florida and imported tropical plants, including an extensive orchid collection. To see the house and grounds you have to be on one of the tours but you can stroll the grounds and nature trails at your leisure.

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  2. Stranahan House

    One of Florida's oldest residences, the landmark Stranahan House is a fine example of Florida frontier design. Constructed from Dade County pine, the house has wide porches, exceptionally tall windows, a Victorian parlor, the original furnishings and fine tropical gardens. It was the home and store for Ohio transplant Frank Stranahan, who built a small empire trading with the Seminole but killed himself by jumping into the New River after real-estate and stock-market losses in the late 1920s.

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