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Category Archives: florida history
Boca Grande: Florida’s Most Laid Back Retreat For The Rich
Once I ordered an ice cream at the converted railroad depot at Boca Grande and behind me an elderly woman with white hair and huge sunglasses remarked, “That looks good. I’m going to get one.” It was only as I watched … Continue reading
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Tagged beaches, boca grande, fishing, Florida, Florida vacations, islands, resorts
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Visit A Florida Museum This Saturday on Museum Day
This Saturday is the 11th Annual Smithsonian Museum Day and the opportunity for people to go online and get two free tickets to museums that may cost up to $15 dollars a ticket. In Florida there are 97 museums to … Continue reading
America’s Wierdest Ghost Town Is In Florida
Koreshan State Park, south of Fort Myers in Estero, is a wonderful place to camp, fish, picnic, take your dog for a walk, and even kayak to a famous Indian Mound in Estero Bay. It is also the home to … Continue reading
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Tagged Florida, Florida attractions, fort myers, ghost town, koreshan, state park, weird
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WINTER PARK: CITY OF LAKES AND FIRST COLLEGE
Winter Park is identified across Central Florida as an upscale community filled with a downtown of attractive stores and restaurants along Park Avenue, glamorous lakeside estates, and Florida’s first four-year college, ROLLINS COLLEGE. Winter Park has lots of sightseeing options; this town … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Florida, homes, orlando, Rollins, tours, winterpark
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Key West Literary History Not For Sale Now
Key West for many generations has been a popular winter refuge and even hiding place for some of America’s greatest writers, poets, and artists. For that reason, I was curious when a friend told me that a house where Tennessee … Continue reading
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Quincy: Center of Florida’s Old Tobacco Kingdom
QUINCY, capital of Gadsden County is today a quiet, somewhat laid-back Panhandle town, although the existence of beautiful antebellum mansions, large warehouses and packing houses, and an interesting downtown hint at the town’s status when it was the center of … Continue reading
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Tagged Florida, Florida hotels, Florida vacations, Quincy, tours, Victorian
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Tampa Bay and Los Angeles: Two Different Worlds
Just got back from Los Angeles where my wife and I visited our daughter. Whenever people recognize you’re from Florida – must have been my Amelia Island sun cap – Californians want to ask what’s different or better about the … Continue reading
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Florida’s Grande Dame Hotels Are Holding Their Own
While the latest high-rise hotels in Miami and Orlando seem to be getting all the recent headlines, Florida’s great Victorian and 1920’s resorts are still garnering the great reviews, the support of loyal visitors, and something new places can’t provide: an … Continue reading
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Tagged Coral Gables, Florida, Florida hotels, Florida vacations, Key West, luxury, Saint Augustine, saint petersburg
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My Favorite Laid Back Florida Islands
There are 4,510 islands over ten acres in the State of Florida. Some of them are famous for their social life (Miami Beach, Daytona). Others for best for adults (Key West), for collegians (Penama City Beach) or for families (Clearwater … Continue reading
Florida Is The Home To Some Unexpected Museums
When people think of Florida attractions, they think of amusement parks, alligator farms, aquariums, and the local history and art museums. Yet Florida has dozens of lesser known museums, some of them quite unexpected. Downtown Saint Petersburg is the … Continue reading
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