in Florida. He created these gorgeous grounds and beautiful houses in a remote and overgrown area not far from Fort Myers. Each season his family lived and played in this restful and homely estate while he continued to work relentlessly in laboratories in the garden.

His close friend Henry Ford, who with Edison’s encouragement built and made combustion engine cars accessible to the average man, bought the house next door in 1916. He and his family would visit each winter to be with Edison for his birthday.

The combined estate filled with genuine furniture loaned by the families is open to visitors to view, along with a museum celebrating the achievements of these two influential American innovators.

I visited it on a Titan Travel “Best of Florida” tour: http://bit.ly/TitanFlorida