On a budget, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden still earns its price.
~$30 adult
A serene, beautiful escape — sweeping lawns, lakes, rare palms and cycads, a butterfly house, and rotating outdoor art installations. The catch: it's a botanical garden, so plant-lovers will linger while others may find it a pleasant-but-quiet 90 minutes; it's far south and very hot in summer.