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Boca Raton

Early explorers, cursing the dangerous rocks that shield its bay, equated this coastal locale with a rat's mouth. The colorful Spanish phrase, "boca de ratones," gave rise to the city's name. First populated by Calusa Indians, the area also attracted settlers from the Carolinas and Georgia, who hoped to build their futures on agriculture. In the 1920s, notable Palm Beach architect, Addison Mizner, bought thousands of acres here, intending to develop the area into a new Venice. Shortly after...