Welcome to the Farewell to Finder’s Fest geo-art, brought to you by the Forest Minions! This series celebrates weird and unusual things throughout the Sunshine State. Please do not go to the posted locations. Rather, solve the challenging quiz found at the bottom of each page, for the final location. For the letterbox caches, please leave the stamp in the cache. They are not trade items. For the discerning traveler, we’ve included the GPS coordinates for these bizarre locations, when we were able to establish them.
APresidential Place – Location 28.5631, -81.7438
Located at 123 North Hwy 27 in Clermont, just a stone’s throw from the Citrus Tower is one of the many amazing roadside stops in central Florida. How many places in the world can you travel to, and be personally greeted by George and Barbara Bush? Well, right here at the aforementioned coordinates, you can! Mind you, not the REAL Bush’s, but life-like wax figures of them and EVERY president of these United States. But the museum is much more than a bunch of wax. Owners John and Jan Zweifel have filled this place with all manner of presidential memorabilia and more.
See Tom Thumb’s carriage, miniature circus displays and the actual car that Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter drove around in. John has built some incredible authentic miniatures of the inside of the white house down to every tiny detail for many administrations. You can see Franklin Delano Roosevelt address the nation in its darkest hours (and he moves!) and see exact replicas of Lincoln’s bed and JFK’s desk. Even a wax replica of John John can be seen peeking out of the middle door!
Here is the super duper, way challenging, really hard trivia question, which, if solved properly, will lead you to the final coordinates:
Question: What sport was played on the lunar surface?
A: Hamster Jousting = N29° 28.035' W81° 46.110'
B: Chainsaw juggling = N29° 28.025' W81° 46.110'
C: Golf = N29° 28.015' W81° 46.110'