St. Luke's Church

St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a Gothic Revival building designed according to the dictates of the Ecclesiological Society. The Society held that proper Christian worship could take place only in churches modeled after medieval English precedents. St. Luke's Parish consulted ...

Franklin Square Historic District

In 1839, James and Samuel Canby of Wilmington, Delaware, donated a two-and-one-half acre park to the city for $10,000. The city agreed to widen the surrounding streets and landscape this park, later named Franklin Square. It was common in the ...

Union Square - Hollins Market Historic District

Begun during the influx of English, Irish and German immigration of the 1830s, the Union Square-Hollins Market Historic District is a dense area of rowhouses that includes Federal, Greek Revival and Italianate architectural styles. To the west, Union Square Park ...

St. Augustine Pirate and Treasure Museum

For history buffs, there is a circa 1710 blunderbuss. For popular culture fans, there's Jack Sparrow's sword.

At the Pirate Museum in downtown St. Augustine, you can stand on the deck of a replicated pirate ship, light a reproduction of ...

Mount Clare

Mount Clare is the oldest extant colonial building in Baltimore. It was built in 1760 by Charles Carroll, a barrister (lawyer), and distant relative of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Charles Carroll the barrister ...

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Fort McHenry is forever associated with Francis Scott Key's composition of "The Star Spangled Banner." Built as part of the East Coast defense system, Fort McHenry replaced Fort Whetstone. During the War of 1812, the British moved north to invade ...

Fort Mose Historic State Park

Discovered only 25 years ago, this remarkable landmark is now a museum and state park that reveals a glimpse into St. Augustine’s lesser known history.

St. Augustine, founded 42 years before Jamestown and 55 years before the Pilgrims arrived on ...

Angell and Phelps Chocolate Factory

Angell & Phelps Chocolate Factory shows off its inner workings for 500 to 1,000 visitors a day. Try the dark chocolate-covered potato chip.

"Would you like to try our chocolate?"

The offer comes from a beaming, apron-wearing woman greeting customers ...

Biscayne National Park

Ever fancy yourself exploring sunken wrecks off a tropical island? Swimming past reefs and schools of snapper as the hull of an ancient clipper appears in the hazy blue? Now the Biscayne National Park service can make those Indiana Jones ...

Mission of Nombre de and La Leche Shrine

Robed Spanish priests and armor-clad explorers held Catholic Mass and shared a meal with tattooed, seashell-adorned Timucuans of Florida.

Floridians don’t want to upend a beloved Thanksgiving tradition, throw out the turkey and banish the Pilgrims. But strong evidence exists ...