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Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Brewery
Exhibits at the Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Brewery show how hops are grown and display examples of Americana, but what really inspires (apart from the free beer samples, if you're over 21) is the sight of 950 bottles of Bud per minute rattling through machinery that would look at home in a nuclear power plant. Free tours depart on the hour. Take I-95 exit 360 at Busch Dr and follow the billboards.
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Jacksonville Zoological Gardens
Northeast Florida's only major zoo which opened in 1914 with one deer, today has over 100 exotic species. Don't miss the jaguars prowling around replicated Mayan temple ruins. Other highlights are the wetlands of Wild Florida, with rare Florida panthers, the Australian Adventure and an elevated viewing platform that brings you face to face with the giraffes.
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Kids Kampus
East along the northern bank to the peninsula brings you to the Jacksonville Sports Complex and Metropolitan Park, a sprawling outdoor space that adjoins the terrific 10-acre educational playground, Kids Kampus. Here, littlies under six can ride bikes through Safe City's 'streets' dotted with mini road signs and city landmarks.
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Ritz Theatre & La Villa Museum
This refurbished 1929-built grande dame incorporates a museum and 400-seat theater. Both showcase the La Villa area's African-American cultural heritage, which in its heyday saw it dubbed the 'Harlem of the South'. The museum's newest permanent exhibition, Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing, is an animatronic tribute to the district's native son James Weldon Johnson, composer of the slave freedom anthem of the same name. Performances at the Ritz range from choral to jazz as well as stage productions.
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