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Cypress Gardens and water skiing
1936
Winter Haven, Florida
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Dick Pope dug a botanical garden out of a swamp with unemployment labour and invented the Florida tourist attraction, southern belles in hoop skirts, and ski pyramids on the lake. He also more or less invented competitive water skiing, and held several patents on the stunts.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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