Black Archives Research Center

At the Tallahassee museum, a father absorbs the indignities suffered by his forefathers, then seizes a teachable moment.

Tallahassee – Studson Jefferson Jr. made his way through the Black Archives' slavery room one exhibit at a time.

He walked slowly past the ...

Tampa Theatre

The theater rebuilt its audience with a canny mix of art-house fare sprinkled with general-interest favorites.

For Cindy Liss, it's the gasps.

"I love that gasp from first-time visitors," says Liss, who leads tours of the Tampa Theatre, the renowned and venerable ...

Trapper Nelson Zoo Historic District

The Wild Man of the Loxahatchee lived off the land in the northern Everglades. When he was found dead with a shotgun hole in his belly, his legend grew.

Hobe Sound – I'm in pursuit of a ghost. But as I ...

Rosewood, Florida

A great tragedy remained hidden from view for decades. A University of Florida doctoral candidate, inspired by a sense of social justice, is digitally resurrecting the African-American town destroyed in 1923 by racial violence.

Fresh from high school graduation in St. ...

Columbia Restaurant

Every day along busy 21st Street in Tampa's Ybor City, an artist meticulously restores the Columbia's heritage.

Tampa's historic Columbia Restaurant would not be what it is without its tiles: thousands of them, hand-painted terra cotta, adorning the walls inside and ...

De Soto National Memorial

At the confluence of three bodies of water, bracketed by lush trees and white beaches, is a place of beauty and history.

Just beyond the tall water oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, next to a hut thatched with palmetto ...

Coral Castle Museum

A man's hand-built shrine is one of South Florida's great head-scratching mysteries and attractions.

Sitting behind an old, neon-lined road south of Miami is America's most poignant monument to unrequited love.

The story of the Coral Castle, though, starts in the ...

West Florida Railroad Museum

Chug your way up to Milton for a full day of fun at the West Florida Railroad Museum, where train cars of every size transport us to the past.

Toy trains have intrigued Ed Dice for as long as he ...

Florida Theatre

The historic venue, one of the state's few remaining 'atmospheric' theaters, has endured the Great Depression and Elvis Presley's rolling hips.

By real estate standards, it's an old, high-maintenance building that would benefit from a better location. And it may ...

Museum of Florida History

An exhibit at the Museum of Florida History trumpets the Spanish influence and diversity introduced in the 16th century by Florida's first tourists.

They came. They brought. They conquered. They changed.

And 500 years later, visitors to the Museum of ...