DK Travel : Miami : Places of interest

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Miracle Mile

Though not really quite a mile, nor particularly miraculous, this street and parallel ones are mostly about nice shops and elegant eateries.
Miss Cleo, TV-Telephone Psychic

2002 saw the collapse of the psychic hotline that didn’t employ “genuine” psychics.
Monkey Jungle

This endearing attraction is still run by the family that founded it in 1933 to study the behavior of primates. Many of the smaller monkeys roam wild while you walk through caged walkways; the gorillas, orangutans, spider monkeys, and gibbons are kept in conventional cages. There are regular demonstrations of the capabilities of macaques, chimpanzees, and other human cousins.
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

The 1,000-year-old originals of some of these deeply peaceful settings were designed for Japanese nobility – places of inspiration for them to recite poetry to each other, or to seek solace in troubled times. Few places evoke the serenity and spiritual depth you can sense here, in the silent rocks and the murmuring cascades.
Mrs. Jeb Bush

The Florida governor’s wife was caught with $19,000 of undeclared couture in 1999.
Museum of Contemporary Art

The museum (MOCA) opened its state-of-the-art building to the public in 1996. It’s known for its provocative exhibitions and for seeking a fresh approach in examining the art of our time.
Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium

The young and curious will find much to capture their attention and imagination in this multifaceted facility. There are over 140 hands-on exhibits to explore the worlds of sound, light, and gravity, not to mention the chance to hug a dinosaur. Outside – beyond the collections of fossils, mounted insects, spiders, and butterflies – lies the Wildlife Center, home to birds, tortoises, and enormous snakes. The stateof-the-art Planetarium offers laser light shows set to rock music.
Nancy’s Secret Garden, Key West

Imagine entering a timeless world, full of humor and a funky, indefinable Key West aura (see Nancy’s Secret Garden).
Naples and Around

If you cross the Everglades, your inevitable first stop on the Gulf Coast will be Naples. This wealthy beach city prides itself on a manicured beauty, 55 golf courses, and a soigné downtown area. There’s a pleasant pier where you can commune with pelicans or do some fishing, and 10 miles (16 km) of pristine, sugary beaches, with warmer waters than the Atlantic. Nearby Marco Island, the most northerly of the Ten Thousand Islands archipelago, is a good base for delving into the western fringe of the Everglades. It has been the source of significant Calusa Native American finds, some dating back 3,500 years.
NationsBank Tower

The city’s most striking skyscraper is the work of architect I. M. Pei, perhaps most famous for putting the glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre in Paris. This building is notable both during the day for its Op-Art horizontal banding across the stepped hemi-cylinders, and at night for the changing, sophisticated colors of its overall illumination. Built in 1983, the office building was known first as Centrust Tower, but it now bears the moniker of its current principal tenant.