Fort Walton Beach

Fort Walton Beach is a city on Florida’s Panhandle famed for its endless white-sand beaches, an offshore island with tons of native wildlife and vast historic sites. Just offshore, Okaloosa Island offers a Marine Adventure Park that hosts penguins, alligators and dolphins. It also has soft white sand beaches with vast clear waters. At the Indian Temple Mound Museum, you will see a prehistoric mound and museum filled with artifacts from indigenous cultures. To the city’s northeast, the Air Force Armament Museum showcases artifacts, ephemera, displays and actual historic aircraft from World War I through to the present.

At Wild Willy’s Adventure Zone, entire families can enjoy thrill rides, games and entertainment-themed around dinosaurs. The Emerald Coast Science Center offers kids the chance to get hands-on with science and technology. The Camp Walton Schoolhouse showcases education from the early 20th century in a historic building. For a bit of local color, the Downtown FWB Farmers Market offers fresh produce, prepared foods and local arts and crafts.