The Tampa Bay area has that elusive quality that many attribute to the "real Florida." The state's second-largest metro area offers cultural diversity, dazzling beaches, and a vibrant business community. The peninsula's western periphery is rimmed by barrier islands with beaches, quiet parks, and laid-back beach towns accommodating an ever-growing number of million-dollar homes.
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Spanish explorers Juan Ponce de León, Pánfilo de Narváez, and Hernando de Soto passed through in the mid-1500s, and the U.S. Army and civilian settlers arrived in 1824.
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