South Beach pictures...

Before we get to the bikinis, here is some history behind this magical place.....Carl Fisher was a master promoter who had already made a fortune and built a motor speedway in his native Indianapolis when he was seized by a vision. On a narrow spit of Florida swamp land, Fisher created Miami Beach, a tropical paradise of sand and palm trees, then masterminded a dazzling sales campaign. It worked, until a devastating hurricane and the stock market crash of 1929 brought an end to his dreamworks. By 1933 he was wiped out. Living alone in a small Miami Beach house, Fisher faded into obscurity and died in 1939. A simple statue in a Miami Beach park is the only reminder of his legacy.