Category Archives: Historic Buildings

My Favorite Florida Museums Are Quite Diverse

Posted on January 27, 2018 by floridatraveler

Florida has over 400 museums and historic sights for residents and visitors looking for an experience on a rainy or bad beach day.  For a fraction of the cost of visiting a theme park or in many cases no cost, … Continue reading →

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All Aboard Trains In Florida 2018

Posted on January 15, 2018 by floridatraveler

My wife does not like to travel by airplane even though we have gone from Florida to Chicago and Los Angles on Southwest Airlines.  We are among the few people I know that have gone from Tampa to New York … Continue reading →

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Florida’s Immigrant Experiences Are Great Tourist Sights

Posted on December 12, 2017 by floridatraveler

Florida is one of the most diverse states in the nation and its history of immigration provides visitors and residents alike with many attractions that reflect this story. I have spent many decades teaching in Tampa’s historic Ybor City, which … Continue reading →

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Christmas At The Florida Parks: What’s New and Best

Posted on November 26, 2017 by floridatraveler

The end of Thanksgiving means that Florida’s major theme parks are featuring Christmas decorations and special events, many regular annual attractions that bring huge crowds.  So what’s new and what is outstanding this year? Walt Disney World:  The Christmas crowds … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Your Dad’s Kennedy Space Center Anymore

Posted on November 18, 2017 by floridatraveler

If you haven’t been to the Kennedy Space Center in recent years, you will shocked to see how the educational-entertainment complex has “rocketed” into the twentieth-first century in terms of tourist attractions. The VAB is the most amazing building in … Continue reading →

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Florida Keys Open For Business With Some Repairs Ongoing

Posted on November 10, 2017 by floridatraveler

No area was hit harder by Hurricane Irma than the Lower Florida Keys as the Category 4-5 storm ripped across the low-lying Keys between Marathon and Key West.    Potential visitors around the world saw on news reports waves of sea … Continue reading →

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The Shortcut Road: Jacksonville to Ocala: US301

Posted on November 4, 2017 by floridatraveler

My family started coming to Florida from New England during the Christmas holiday in the late 1950’s – before the Interstate Highway system was completed.  Our “short-cut route” to get from the East Coast of Florida to the West Coast … Continue reading →

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Halloween Special: Florida’s Most Haunted House Awaits

Posted on October 28, 2017 by floridatraveler

As a historian I sit quietly while scores of television shows and movies and books describe flying saucers and uprisings from demons and zombies and witches and of course the Great Yeti hanging out at Disney Animal Kingdom when he … Continue reading →

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Back Road Travels: Lake Wales – The Gem of Rustic US-60

Posted on October 19, 2017 by floridatraveler

Most people going from Tampa Bay to the lower Florida East Coast will take I-4 and the Florida Turnpike although there is I-75 down the West Coast to Alligator Alley.  If you want a more rural route with small towns … Continue reading →

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Marco Island and Goodland Have Survived The Wrath of Hurricane Irma

Posted on October 5, 2017 by floridatraveler

Hurrican Irma arrived at mainland Florida at the island community of Marco Island and a fishing village of Goodland.  While there was extensive damage, particularly to the coastal facilities it looks like most of the area will soon be ready … Continue reading →

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