http://www.history.com/photos/florida View pictures from the state of Florida on History. See images of famous locations that represent the state. en Copyright 2013, History.com Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-18T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo1 The Florida Keys are a cluster of about 1700 islands in the southeast United States. http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo2 Palm trees leans out over the water on the shores of Bahia Honda State Park. Florida Keys, Florida. http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo3 The Florida State Capitol, in Tallahassee, Florida, USA, is the state capitol of the U.S. state of Florida. The building is an architecturally and historically significant building, having been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo4 Florida designated the sabal palm (Sabal palmetto) as the official state tree in 1953. The sabal palm (also known as cabbage palm, palmetto, or cabbage palmetto) is the most widely distributed palm tree in Florida. It grows in almost any soil and has many uses, including food, medicine, and landscap http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo5 The Mockingbird is a common songbird that is found across North America. It is the state bird of Florida. It lives in a variety of habitats, including farmlands, roadsides, thickets, and towns. http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo6 On a white field emblazoned with a red X and the state seal, Florida's flag represents the land of sunshine, flowers, palm trees, rivers and lakes. The seal features a brilliant sun, a cabbage palmetto tree, a steamboat sailing and a Native American Seminole woman scattering flowers. http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo7 Built around 1672, Castillo De San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the United States. This Spanish fortress was the northern most outpost of Spain's New World Empire, on the Matanzas River-Bay. http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo8 Fort Jefferson is a massive but unfinished coastal fortress. It is the largest masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere, and is composed of over 16 million bricks. http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo9 Overview of Miami Beach flanked by the Atlantic Ocean (left) and Biscayne Bay (right). Florida. http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo10 The red brick tower of the Cape Florida Lighthouse stands next to a small cottage on the shore of Biscayne Bay. http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo11 The space shuttle Discovery rises from the pad on September 29, 1988. White smoke from the main engine's exhaust blows away from the shuttle and its launch tower, while brown smoke and flames from the booster are visible below the shuttle. The engines' flames are reflected in the water. Birds distur http://www.history.com/photos/florida/photo11