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Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium is a non-profit environmental education organization in Fort Myers, Florida. Located on 105 acres, the Center includes a natural history museum with live native and teaching animals, and exhibits about the animals, plants and environment of Southwest Florida.
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Walk a raised boardwalk through a cypress slough — a sunken forest. Great for viewing wildlife including birds, alligators, otters, and turtles.
Guided tours through museum with hundreds of Edison and Ford inventions and objects, video theatres, and changing special exhibits. Beautiful and interesting plantings on the grounds.
The Boston Red Sox also have their spring training in Fort Myers.
If you are in Fort Myers during the spring, you may be able to see the Major Baseball League's Minnesota Twins' during their preseason training period.
Professional baseball in Fort Myers doesn't stop with spring training—the Minnesota Twins have a minor-league affiliate based in their spring training complex. The Mighty Mussels, renamed from the Miracle, play in the Florida State League, an "Advanced A" league (three levels below Major League Baseball) mainly featuring younger players a year or two out of high school or college baseball.
Popular spot for seeing manatees, which like to come here in the winter because of the warm water from the power plant nearby. You're most likely to see them between December and March when the Gulf water temperature is below 68° F (20° C).