Category Archives: Historic Buildings

Goody Goody: Return of a Florida Icon

Posted on May 31, 2016 by floridatraveler

Most cities have a restaurant or store that has become an icon because of its long history and its role in the lives of decades of loyal customers.  When a business like that closes, regardless of reason, it leaves an … Continue reading →

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Palm Beach Is A Great Summer Vacation Spot

Posted on May 24, 2016 by floridatraveler

When May comes around in Florida, the snow birds and high rollers have departed and most of the automobile tourists are waiting for the kids to finish schools.  It is a time of year when vacationers can often avoid high … Continue reading →

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CORAL CASTLE – The Stonehedge Of Florida

Posted on April 19, 2016 by floridatraveler

Over thirty years ago I wrote an article for a magazine called PSYCHIC WORLD on Coral Castle, a unique castle structure located in Homestead off US 1.  There were lots of unexplained questions about this unique structure back then and none of … Continue reading →

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Florida’s Unique and Unusual Islands Are Worth A Visit

Posted on March 15, 2016 by floridatraveler

I love visiting islands. Florida has 4,510 islands over ten acres – some are even man-made creations.  My favorites are those that were once inhabited by man and became deserted for reasons logical and sometimes even mysterious. If you live … Continue reading →

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Fort Myers: Still the Center of Southwest Florida

Posted on March 2, 2016 by floridatraveler

Despite the boom in Naples, Florida, and the fact that Cape Coral is southwest Florida’s largest town, FORT MYERS, “the City of Light” is still the center of Southwest Florida. FORT MYERS, started in the 1840’s when a hurricane forced the … Continue reading →

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Tour Of Anna Maria Island Florida

Posted on February 23, 2016 by floridatraveler

  ANNA MARIA ISLAND was first settled at the start of the twentieth century by Tampa Mayor MADISON POST who named the island for his wife Maria and his sister-in-law Anna. Just as Cuban fishermen were the first visitors to the island at … Continue reading →

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Florida and Its Water: Leader in Technology

Posted on February 16, 2016 by floridatraveler

Since my daughter lives in Southern California, I have watched that state’s crisis during this long drought. I also noticed that Carlsbad, California, outside San Diego, is constructing the largest American saltwater desalination plant. Florida has some of the same … Continue reading →

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Great Florida Restaurants In Funky Buildings

Posted on February 9, 2016 by floridatraveler

The only think I like better than going to a great restaurant is going to a great restaurant located in a restored or unique structure.  There is nothing wrong with your standard Florida restaurant architecture and I like places located … Continue reading →

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CROSS CREEK – STILL FLORIDA’S LITERARY ICON

Posted on December 27, 2015 by floridatraveler

If Florida writers were to select a place in the state that represents Florida’s literary image, most would select Cross Creek, the legendary farm and home of beloved Florida author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.  Rawling’s 1939 Pulitzer Prize winning novel The … Continue reading →

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New Port Richey: Tampa’s Northern Neighbor

Posted on December 1, 2015 by floridatraveler

  PORT RICHEY AND NEW PORT RICHEY, West Pasco’s dual coastal communities, are best known today as booming retirement centers, but both towns had more basic origins. PORT RICHEY was started in 1883 by Missourian Captain A. M. Richey, who homesteaded on … Continue reading →

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