The Cloisters of the Ancient Spanish Monastery

One of the oldest buildings in the Western Hemisphere, the cultural and spiritual landmark takes visitors back almost 900 years.

Miami’s known for many things. But 12th-century monasteries are not one of them.

Yet amid the urban bustle of North Miami Beach ...

Arcadia Opera House

The Opera House is a museum piece that anchors the city's historic district.

The rambling Arcadia Opera House looks like it could hide a few ghosts.

“I’ve never seen one myself, but there have been quite a few sightings,” says proprietor James ...

Coral Gables Venetian Pool

There are few pools in the country that can rival the massive size of this aquifer-fed beauty, and certainly none can match its storied past.

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Many swimming pools these days are never completely drained. But the mammoth, historic city pool in ...

Florida Agricultural Museum

It's a living history museum in every sense of the word, where you can try your hand at planting vegetables, hoeing weeds, pumping water, gathering eggs, shelling corn, churning butter or riding a horse.

Historic agricultural buildings from around the ...

Stone Mountain Historic District

Within the metropolitan Atlanta area, the Stone Mountain Historic District is a rare surviving historic railroad town. This intact community contains nearly every major element of a railroad town in Georgia, including the homes of the town founders, the rail ...

Emory University District

Emory University was founded in 1915 as a Methodist school in conjunction with the strong support of Atlanta's Candler family and their Coca-Cola wealth. The campus of Emory University was designed by Henry Hornbostel of New York. Here Hornbostel created ...

Druid Hills Historic District

The residences built in the Druid Hills Historic District during the early 20th century are among the finest examples of period architecture in the Atlanta metropolitan area and the State of Georgia. These period houses range from mansions to bungalows. ...

Callanwolde

Callanwolde was originally the home of Charles Howard Candler, eldest son of Asa Candler, who succeeded his father as president and director of the family-founded Coca-Cola Company. It was named after Callen Castle in Ireland which was given to a ...

Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant

The Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant is an outstanding example of early 20th-century commercial and industrial architecture in Atlanta. It is one of the earliest automobile assembly plants in the Southeast and represents the beginnings of the automobile industry in ...

National Nugrape Company

The NuGrape Company of America began in Atlanta in 1921 as a soft drink company. It was an innovator in the 1920s by bottling its own drinks, now a standard in the beverage industry. The National NuGrape Company building, built ...