Pollers typically start by gathering data from publicly available sources like the U.S. Census Bureau, tourism boards, and business directories.
When pollsters determine which states are considered the “funnest,” they typically rely on a mix of quantitative and qualitative data. They include things like: movie costs, accessibility of national parks, nightlife options per capita and more.
These formations may also be exposed in caves, stream valleys, sinks, and in coastal lowlands.
Limestone, shell, and dolomite are types of marine deposits that have accumulated in Florida over millions of years during times when the state was covered over with seawater or shallow marshes. During this time, limestones formed by chemical deposition and the accumulation of shells from sea creatures. Many invertebrate animals (animals without backbones) take calcite from seawater to construct their shells. When they die, the shells fall to the sea bed. Over the millennia, their remains slowly built up layers of sediment thousands of feet thick. These sediments are the limestone, shell, and dolomite formations that are mined today.
I visited the Light House at St. Marks, Florida with my friend Katie. Due to Covid restrictions they do not allow anyone inside, but they still charge $5 to drive down Lighthouse Road and look at the tower.
