Category Archives: Historic Buildings

Still The Last Great Roadhouse Beach Bar

Posted on November 23, 2014 by floridatraveler

Still The Last Great Roadhouse Beach Bar.

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Florida Has Become The Shopping Mall Center of the USA

Posted on November 3, 2014 by floridatraveler

Just returned from shopping at Tampa’s International Mall and saw visitors from Asia and Europe already Christmas shopping at Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Apple, Diesel, Montblanc, Hugo Bass, Louis Vuitton and more. As impressive as this mall is it doesn’t rank … Continue reading →

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Florida’s Booming College Population Makes A Lot of #1s

Posted on October 6, 2014 by floridatraveler

Florida’s Booming College Population Makes A Lot of #1s.

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Jai Alai in Florida: Going, Going, But Not Gone

Posted on September 8, 2014 by floridatraveler

Jai Alai in Florida: Going, Going, But Not Gone.

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Jai Alai in Florida: Going, Going, But Not Gone

Posted on September 8, 2014 by floridatraveler

  When I was a student at the University of Miami, it was a thrill to take a date to the Miami Jai Alai Fronton.  To us Northerners, it was like visiting another country – one with a loud, energetic … Continue reading →

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Schools Open At Tallahassee’s Leon High for the 183th Year

Posted on August 22, 2014 by floridatraveler

School has started in Florida this week    Public schools started this week across Florida and it is unlikely few people knew that this is the 183rd year of Florida’s oldest continuous school.  Leon High school is the 21st oldest K-12 … Continue reading →

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Despite Moving the Lion King Still Roars Loud and Clear

Posted on August 15, 2014 by floridatraveler

While vacationing in Orlando last week, I dropped by to see the status of my favorite live Walt Disney World show – the Lion King.  The popular show was moved to make room for the construction of Avatar, WDW’s gigantic attraction which … Continue reading →

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The Schooner Freedom Is A Trip Back to the Civil War

Posted on August 3, 2014 by floridatraveler

  There are a lot of ships in Florida offering a cruise from the largest fleet of luxury ocean liners to replicas of pirate ships, but in Saint Augustine, visitors can take a relaxing day or romantic sunset cruise on … Continue reading →

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Florida’s Most Forgotten International Airport Is Booming

Posted on July 28, 2014 by floridatraveler

  If you saw the 1992 film Passenger 57 starring Orlando’s Wesley Snipes, you probably view the Orlando-Sanford International Airport in Sanford as a backwater country airport.  You would be very wrong. The Airport, owned by the international firm of ADC & … Continue reading →

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St. Leo Abbey: Florida’s Shroud of Turin

Posted on December 18, 2012 by floridatraveler

The 1931 Benedictine Abbey next to the campus of St Leo College in Pasco County contains the 23,500 pound Tennessee marble crucifix modeled by sculptor Frank Aretz after the Shroud of Turin.

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