Fort Myers
City of Palms
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Other Name: -, District: Florida, State: South, United States of America
Area: 40.4 mi²
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Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States.It has an edge over other Florida destinations partly because it contains such a wide variety of things to offer.Nature attractions are common, with Manatee World being one of Fort Myers biggest crowd pleasers and most popular tourist attractions, while the Edison Fort Complex provides an essential slice of Florida history.Location
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The center features a museum, nature trails, planetarium, aviary, gift shop and meeting and picnic areas.
It offers guided tours through the land and properties that once belonged to Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. In Edison`s house, his laboratory, which was the setting for many of his major experiments, stands almost as he left it when he died in 1931. The on-site museum contains the original Model T Ford that Ford gave Edison, and also more than 200 Edison phonographs. The Edison Ford Complex is an essential attraction for anyone with an interest in American history.