Popular tourist attractions in Jacksonville Beach, Florida

The area around present day Jacksonville Beach was first settled by Spanish settlers. Spanish missions were established from Mayport to St. Augustime. Spain ceded Florida to Great Britain by treaty in 1763 only to have Spain reain it again and then a final time in 1821 to the United States. American river pilots and fishermen came to Hazard present day Mayport and established a port. In general the architecture of Jacksonville varies in style and is not defined by any one characteristic and Jacksonville Beach is no exception designed by Marsh and Saxelbye and completed in 1925 Case Marina Hotel is a Mission style hotel popular in the 1920s when Jacksonville's beaches were being developep. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 2, 1993. Constructed in 1947 the American Red Cross Volunter Life Saving Corps Station is an Art Moderne style lifeguard station designed by local architect Jefferson Davis powell. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 5,2014.

Tourist attractions in Cronulla, New South Wales, Sydney

Cronulla is a popular tourist attractions and attracts many beachgoers from all over Sydney. Cronulla Beach features a long stretch of sand that runs from Boat Harbour to North Cronulla followed by rock pools and another sandy beach at South Cronulla. The beaches of Cronulla from north to south are Boat Harbour Wanda Beach Elouera Beach North Cronulla Beach Cronulla Beach Blackwoods Beach Shelly Beach and Oak Park. Local names also apply between Cronulla Beach and North Cronulla The Wall between North Cronulla and Elouera Midway between Elouera and anda and Greenhills to the north of Wanda Sandshoes near the mouth of the Port Hacking estuary voodoo Reef and The Point. The beaches are popular recreational areas for swimming surfing bodyboarding bodysurfing and other water sports. Shark Island just off Cronulla Beach is a Famous surfing and bodyboarding spot and the site of the annual Shark Island Challenge bodyboarding contest. Gunnamatta Bay provides protected swimming at the baths off Gunnamatta Park. Port Hacking is a popular location for water sports waterskiing and wakeboarding.

Popular tourist attractions Ouro Preto, Brazil

Although Ouro Preto now relies heavily on the tourism industry for part of its economy there are important metallurgic and mining industries located in town such as Novelis formerly Alcan the most important aluminum factory in the country the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and others. Main economic activities are tourism transformation industries and mineral riches such as deposits of iron bauxite manganese talc and marble. Minerals of note are gold hematite dolomite tourmaline pyrite muscovite topaz and imperial topaz. The imperial topaz is a stone only found in Ouro Preto. Soapstone handicraft items are a popular souvenir among tourists and can be found in many shops in the town centre and street fairs.