History and culture
History and culture
Florida places, landmarks, foodways, roads, buildings, water stories, and the local details that make a place make sense.
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Hendry County
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum keeps Seminole history told from home
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation gives visitors a Seminole-led place to learn, remember, and slow down.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Ancient Spanish Monastery makes North Miami Beach feel older
The Ancient Spanish Monastery gives North Miami Beach a stone-by-stone story that started in medieval Spain before landing in Florida.
Read this note ->Volusia County
Barberville Pioneer Settlement keeps rural Volusia hands-on
Barberville Pioneer Settlement gives Volusia County a hands-on village of older buildings, crafts, music, tools, and rural Florida memory.
Read this note ->Broward County
Bonnet House keeps Fort Lauderdale close to its old coastal art side
Bonnet House gives Fort Lauderdale a rare old-coast mix of art, gardens, family history, and preserved beachside land.
Read this note ->Franklin County
Carrabelle keeps a phone-booth-sized police story
Carrabelle's world's-smallest-police-station story turns a phone booth, a quiet fishing village, and local problem-solving into a roadside stop.
Read this note ->Lake County
Clermont Citrus Tower keeps the grove view in memory
The Citrus Tower in Clermont opened in 1956 to show off Lake County's citrus landscape, then watched the view change around it.
Read this note ->Hillsborough County
Columbia Restaurant keeps Ybor City at the table
Columbia Restaurant began in Tampa's Ybor City in 1905 and keeps a Spanish-Cuban dining story tied to one city block.
Read this note ->Manatee County
Cortez keeps Manatee County's working-water memory
Cortez is a small Manatee County fishing village where boats, a former schoolhouse, maritime exhibits, and local seafood history still sit close together.
Read this note ->Duval County
Cummer Museum keeps Jacksonville's river gardens in view
The Cummer Museum ties Jacksonville's art collection, riverfront gardens, and Ninah Cummer's civic legacy into one Riverside stop.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Curtiss Mansion keeps Miami Springs close to aviation history
Curtiss Mansion ties Miami Springs to Glenn Curtiss, early aviation, Pueblo Revival design, and a community-led restoration story.
Read this note ->Volusia County
Daytona Speedway moved beach racing inland
Daytona International Speedway helps explain how Daytona's beach-racing fame became a permanent inland motorsports landmark.
Read this note ->Marion County
Don Garlits Museum keeps Ocala's drag-racing story loud
The Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing gives Ocala a fast, mechanical, very Florida car-culture stop with national racing memory.
Read this note ->Volusia County
Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens mixes old mill walls, flowers, and roadside fun
Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens in Port Orange blends a 19th-century mill site, volunteer gardens, and concrete dinosaurs from an old attraction.
Read this note ->Marion County
Dunnellon's phosphate marker tells a boom-town story
Dunnellon's hard-rock phosphate story explains why this quiet river town once sat near the center of a Florida mining boom.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Fairchild Garden keeps Coral Gables close to the tropical plant world
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden gives Coral Gables a major tropical plant story tied to Robert Montgomery, David Fairchild, and Miami's growing climate.
Read this note ->St. Johns County
Flagler College keeps St. Augustine's grand hotel in daily use
Flagler College keeps the old Hotel Ponce de Leon at the center of St. Augustine life, turning a Gilded Age resort into an active campus.
Read this note ->Broward County
Flamingo Gardens keeps Davie's grove and wildlife story in one place
Flamingo Gardens began as a South Florida citrus grove and now ties Davie to plants, Everglades history, and native wildlife care.
Read this note ->Escambia County
Flora-Bama keeps Escambia's state-line music story loud
Flora-Bama gives Perdido Key and Escambia County a state-line beach bar, music, and Gulf Coast gathering story that reaches back to 1964.
Read this note ->Monroe County
Florida Keys Wild Bird Center keeps Tavernier's rescue story close
Florida Keys Wild Bird Center gives Tavernier a wildlife-rescue and sanctuary story tied to injured birds, education, and Keys habitats.
Read this note ->Duval County
Florida Theatre keeps Jacksonville's movie palace on Forsyth Street
The Florida Theatre gives downtown Jacksonville a 1927 movie palace that survived hard years and still anchors live shows, films, and civic memory.
Read this note ->Orange County
Fort Christmas makes the town name feel literal
Fort Christmas Historical Park gives Christmas, Florida, a real fort story, pioneer homes, and a quieter look at Central Florida history.
Read this note ->Okaloosa County
Fort Walton Beach Heritage Park puts the mound at the center
Fort Walton Beach Heritage Park ties the Indian Temple Mound Museum, historic buildings, and local history into one walkable cultural stop.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Fruit and Spice Park makes Homestead's tropical side easy to taste
Fruit and Spice Park near Homestead gives Miami-Dade a public garden built around tropical fruit, spices, herbs, nuts, and farm-country curiosity.
Read this note ->Orange County
Gatorland keeps Orlando's roadside wildlife story alive
Gatorland gives Orlando an older roadside-attraction story, from Owen Godwin's 1949 wildlife idea to the famous gator-mouth entrance.
Read this note ->Lake County
GeorgeFest keeps Eustis on a small-town birthday calendar
GeorgeFest gives Eustis a long-running George Washington birthday celebration with a parade, carnival, races, music, and downtown energy.
Read this note ->Okaloosa County
Gulfarium keeps Fort Walton's 1955 marine-park story alive
Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park gives Fort Walton Beach an older Gulf-side attraction story that reaches back to 1955.
Read this note ->Monroe County
Hemingway Home keeps Key West's literary side close
The Hemingway Home in Key West keeps the writer's island years close, with the old house, studio, pool, garden, and famous cats.
Read this note ->Martin County
House of Refuge keeps Stuart's shipwreck shelter story
The House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar keeps Martin County's coastal rescue history close to the rocks, reefs, and Atlantic weather.
Read this note ->Volusia County
Jackie Robinson Ballpark keeps Daytona's civil-rights baseball story
Jackie Robinson Ballpark keeps Daytona Beach tied to a 1946 spring-training game that helped move baseball history forward.
Read this note ->Duval County
Jacksonville's Cowford name starts at the river crossing
Before Jacksonville took its current name, the St. Johns River crossing known as Cowford helped explain why the settlement formed where it did.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Joe's Stone Crab keeps Miami Beach's seafood story old-school
Joe's Stone Crab gives Miami Beach a seafood story that began with Joe Weiss, a small lunch counter, and a city that was not a city yet.
Read this note ->Alachua County
Kanapaha Gardens gives Gainesville a slow plant walk
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens gives Gainesville a nonprofit garden with broad plant collections, a long paved walk, and a North Florida garden story.
Read this note ->Monroe County
Key West Cemetery makes island history a walking map
Key West Cemetery turns island history into a walk, with hurricane memory, high ground, family plots, old markers, and a city-run cemetery still in use.
Read this note ->Hillsborough County
La Segunda keeps Ybor's Cuban bread story warm
La Segunda ties Tampa's Ybor City to Cuban bread, immigrant work, bakery trucks, palmetto leaves, and a family business that began in 1915.
Read this note ->Lake County
Lakeside Inn keeps Mount Dora on the lakefront hotel map
Lakeside Inn gives Mount Dora a long-running lakefront hotel story, from the Alexander House to a National Register landmark.
Read this note ->Orange County
Leu Gardens gives Orlando a shaded old estate story
Leu Gardens gives Orlando fifty acres of plants, paths, and an old house story that started long before the modern tourist map.
Read this note ->St. Johns County
Lightner Museum keeps St. Augustine's Hotel Alcazar in use
The Lightner Museum gives St. Augustine another Flagler-era hotel story, turning the old Hotel Alcazar into a museum with a curious collection.
Read this note ->Palm Beach County
Lion Country Safari keeps western Palm Beach's drive-through zoo story
Lion Country Safari near Loxahatchee keeps a 1960s drive-through animal park story alive in western Palm Beach County.
Read this note ->Flagler County
Marineland keeps A1A's oceanarium story old and new
Marineland gives the A1A coast an older oceanarium story that still shapes the small town between St. Augustine and Flagler Beach.
Read this note ->Indian River County
McKee Botanical Garden keeps Vero's jungle-garden memory
McKee Botanical Garden keeps part of Vero Beach's old roadside-attraction era alive with tropical plants, water lilies, and rescued garden paths.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Merrick House keeps Coral Gables close to its family start
Merrick House gives Coral Gables a founder-family landmark with a wraparound porch, garden grounds, and weekend tours.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Miami Freedom Tower carries a newspaper and refugee story
Freedom Tower began as a Miami newspaper building, then became a major Cuban Assistance Center and one of downtown Miami's most meaningful landmarks.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Monkey Jungle keeps South Miami-Dade's old animal-park story
Monkey Jungle keeps a South Miami-Dade animal-park story that began with Joseph DuMond, Java monkeys, and a subtropical forest.
Read this note ->Palm Beach County
Mounts Botanical Garden gives West Palm a growing classroom
Mounts Botanical Garden gives West Palm Beach a public garden tied to county learning, tropical plants, and everyday South Florida yards.
Read this note ->St. Lucie County
Navy SEAL Museum keeps Fort Pierce's beach training story visible
The Navy SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce preserves the beach training story of Navy frogmen, Underwater Demolition Teams, and later SEAL history.
Read this note ->Monroe County
Pigeon Key keeps the Seven Mile Bridge story close
Pigeon Key near Marathon keeps the Overseas Railroad and Seven Mile Bridge story tied to real island buildings, workers, water, and weather.
Read this note ->Hillsborough County
Plant Museum keeps Tampa's railroad hotel story grand
The Henry B. Plant Museum keeps Tampa close to the grand Tampa Bay Hotel, railroad growth, Moorish Revival design, and Spanish-American War history.
Read this note ->Sarasota County
Ringling puts art and circus on one Sarasota campus
The Ringling in Sarasota ties John and Mable Ringling's legacy to art, circus history, Ca' d'Zan, public stewardship, and a major Florida museum campus.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Robert Is Here keeps Homestead's fruit stand story personal
Robert Is Here gives Homestead and the Redland a family fruit-stand story that grew from cucumbers, a hand-painted sign, local farms, and Everglades-bound traffic.
Read this note ->Sarasota County
Sarasota Jungle Gardens keeps old Florida close to the flamingos
Sarasota Jungle Gardens gives the city an old Florida attraction with tropical trails, animal shows, flamingos, and a public story dating to 1939.
Read this note ->Walton County
Seaside made a walkable town part of Walton's beach story
Seaside in Walton County tied beach cottages, walkable streets, porches, shops, and town planning into one of 30A's best-known places.
Read this note ->Sarasota County
Selby Gardens keeps Sarasota's bayfront plant story rooted
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens ties Sarasota's bayfront to orchids, air plants, a family property gift, and public garden life.
Read this note ->Osceola County
Silver Spurs Rodeo keeps Kissimmee's ranch side visible
Silver Spurs Rodeo keeps Kissimmee tied to Osceola County ranching, volunteer work, wartime fundraising, and Central Florida rodeo tradition.
Read this note ->Collier County
Smallwood Store keeps Chokoloskee's trading-post edge
Smallwood Store on Chokoloskee keeps the Ten Thousand Islands frontier story close to the water, the dock, and the old trading counter.
Read this note ->Hardee County
Solomon's Castle makes Ona feel handmade
Solomon's Castle gives rural Hardee County a shiny handmade landmark built around Howard Solomon's home, galleries, workshop, and recycled-metal imagination.
Read this note ->Wakulla County
Sopchoppy worm gruntin' turns a forest skill into a town party
Sopchoppy's worm gruntin' tradition turns an old bait-gathering skill into one of Wakulla County's most memorable local festivals.
Read this note ->St. Johns County
St. Augustine Alligator Farm keeps Anastasia Island's reptile story growing
The St. Augustine Alligator Farm began as a late-1800s reptile attraction and grew into a modern zoo with a long Anastasia Island story.
Read this note ->St. Johns County
St. Augustine Lighthouse keeps the coast in view
St. Augustine Lighthouse gives the old city a tall coastal landmark tied to ship traffic, shore change, local workers, and maritime history.
Read this note ->St. Johns County
St. Augustine's datil pepper keeps local heat on the table
The datil pepper gives St. Augustine and St. Johns County a food story with local farms, family recipes, uncertain origins, and serious heat.
Read this note ->Pinellas County
St. Pete Shuffleboard keeps Mirror Lake playful
The St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club gives Mirror Lake a century-old game story, from two courts to a landmark club with Friday night play.
Read this note ->Volusia County
Stetson Mansion keeps DeLand's Gilded Age side visible
Stetson Mansion gives DeLand a bold Gilded Age story tied to John B. Stetson, unusual design, winter society, and early electric work.
Read this note ->Pinellas County
Sunken Gardens keeps St. Pete's old roadside garden alive
Sunken Gardens gives St. Petersburg a living garden story from the old roadside-attraction era, with tropical plants, birds, and a restored history center.
Read this note ->Hillsborough County
Tampa Theatre keeps downtown's night sky indoors
Tampa Theatre gives downtown Tampa a 1926 movie palace with stars overhead, a rescued landmark story, and a working stage.
Read this note ->Pinellas County
The Don CeSar keeps St. Pete Beach's pink palace story
The Don CeSar gives St. Pete Beach a 1920s Gulf hotel landmark with a pink skyline, old resort ambition, and a long public memory.
Read this note ->DeSoto County + 2 more
The Florida Cracker Trail keeps cattle-road memory on modern routes
The Florida Cracker Trail remembers cross-state cattle routes, open range work, old supply stops, and the dry path between Fort Pierce and the Gulf side.
Read this note ->Leon County
The Grove Museum keeps Tallahassee's Call-Collins story open
The Grove Museum in Tallahassee keeps a Call-Collins family house open for a careful look at power, slavery, public service, and civil rights.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
The Kampong keeps Coconut Grove close to a plant explorer's home
The Kampong in Coconut Grove keeps Miami close to David Fairchild's plant world, with tropical gardens, old grounds, and reserved visits.
Read this note ->Monroe County
Theater of the Sea keeps Islamorada's old quarry story swimming
Theater of the Sea in Islamorada turns an old Keys quarry setting into a long-running marine park with family, railroad, and island history.
Read this note ->Palm Beach County
Whitehall shows how Palm Beach became a season
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's Palm Beach mansion, shows how railroads, winter wealth, and Gilded Age design helped shape the island's image.
Read this note ->Franklin County
Apalachicola starts the cooling story with John Gorrie
John Gorrie's ice-making work in Apalachicola gives Florida a small-town link to refrigeration and air conditioning history.
Read this note ->DeSoto County
Arcadia rodeo keeps DeSoto cow country visible
Arcadia's rodeo tradition keeps DeSoto County's ranching and cattle identity close to downtown instead of tucked away in the past.
Read this note ->Calhoun County
Blountstown Pioneer Settlement holds Panhandle daily life
The Panhandle Pioneer Settlement in Blountstown gathers buildings, tools, and exhibits that show everyday life in Calhoun County and the wider Panhandle.
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