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Highlands Hammock State Park: Sebring, Florida
Highlands Hammock is a place where wilderness and history are preserved. Visitors can walk the trails where the Florida panther and black...
Jun 22, 2021


Flamingo Botanical Gardens: Davie, Florida
Originally founded as Flamingo Groves, a citrus orchard, in 1927 by Floyd L. and Jane Wray. The Wrays came to Florida in 1925 and were...
Jun 22, 2021


Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park: Gainesville, Florida
In the midst of North Florida's sandy terrain and pine forests, a bowl-shaped cavity 120 feet deep leads down to a miniature rain forest....
Jun 22, 2021


Mrs. Wilke's Dining Room: Savannah, Georgia
Most Southern towns used to boast a boardinghouse where you could find a simple, quiet room and a communal dining room that offered at...
Jun 18, 2021


Villa of San Michele: Isle of Capri, Italy
Axel Munthe first visited Capri as a tubercular teenager and it was then that he fell in love with the island. After climbing the...
Jun 11, 2021


Mariah Brown House: Coconut Grove, Florida
Mariah Brown was born in the Bahamas in 1851. She immigrated to the United States in 1880. By 1885, Mrs. Brown was living in Key West...
Jun 11, 2021


Fred the Tree: Old 7 Mile Bridge, Key West
Affectionately nicknamed “Fred,” this sturdy but unexpected tree has grown and flourished in the roadbed of the Old Seven Mile Bridge. A...
Jun 11, 2021


Mary Brickell Park: Miami, Florida
This park is located at 501 Brickell Avenue Visiting Brickell park last week, it sure was crazy seeing this mausoleum just sitting there...
Jun 10, 2021


Wynwood: Miami, Florida
Took a train ride to Wynwood to see what all the fuss was about. The actual Wynwood Walls was closed due to the pandemic the day I went,...
Jun 10, 2021


Elena Hoyos: Key West Cemetery
This is the headstone of Otto Bethel (1876-1950). He is one of the men tasked with hiding the body of Elena Hoyos in the Key West...
Jun 10, 2021


West Martello Fort: Key West, Florida
In 1822, the U.S. Navy surveyed sites to determine good places for a fort whose guns could command the harbor in Key West. In 1836, U.S....
Jun 10, 2021


Higgs Beach African Cemetery: Key West, Florida
This was located right next door to the West Martello Fort. The fort was pretty cool to visit. Really nice gardens and a great place to...
Jun 10, 2021


Jupiter Lighthouse Cemetery: Jupiter, Florida
Right to the left of the Jupiter Lighthouse, next to the Caretaker cottage, sits a little cemetery. You just walk down this little path...
Jun 10, 2021


Flagler's Railcar #91: Palm Beach, Florida
Henry Flagler's Railroad Car #91 can be seen at One Whitehall Way in Palm Beach at the Henry Flagler Museum. Railcar No. 91 was built in...
Jun 10, 2021


American Horse Trails: Davie, Florida
This is a really nice family ranch out in west Davie where you can explore a little of Florida’s ultimate wilderness from the saddle of...
Jun 9, 2021


Savor the Avenue: Delray Beach, Florida
Savor the Avenue is one of the the coolest culinary experience in South Florida. Hundreds of guests—and some of downtown Delray’s finest...
Jun 9, 2021


Las Olas Riverwalk: Fort Lauderdale
Legend has it that the Indians woke one morning following a torrential rainfall and violent earthquake to find themselves camped beside a...
Jun 9, 2021


Blowing Rock Preserve: Hobe Sound
This peaceful barrier island sanctuary is located on a small beach area in Hobe Sound. In 1969, generous residents of Jupiter Island...
Jun 9, 2021


Chalet Suzanne: Lake Wales, Florida
Chalet Suzanne is a historic site in Lake Wales, Florida. Built in 1925. On July 24, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of...
Jun 9, 2021


Delray Beach Market
Took a ride into town today to visit the new Delray Beach Market. Loved this huge take-out container Inside are a bunch of different...
Jun 9, 2021
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