Lakeland - Hollis Garden

Steve’s take

A free botanical garden on the shores of Lake Mirror in downtown Lakeland. It's small — you can walk it in twenty minutes — but it's gorgeous, free, and right off I-4. If your family has been driving and needs a leg stretch that isn't a gas station parking lot, Hollis Garden is the answer. The Frank Lloyd Wright architecture at nearby Florida Southern College is also worth a drive-by if you appreciate buildings that look like they're arguing with gravity.