Unearthing Florida- Mission San Luis

Buried just beneath the red clay soil of the Tallahassee hills lies the remains of almost a dozen thriving Spanish Catholic missions.

Shortly after the founding of St. Augustine in 1565, missions were established along the Atlantic coastal plain and ...

Unearthing Florida- Emanuel Point Ship Wreck #1

In shallow water near downtown Pensacola lies the second oldest shipwreck ever found in US waters.

It was part of the 1559 Luna Expedition. Tristan de Luna was a conquistador ad governor charged with establishing the first Spanish settlement north ...

Sacred Heart Cathedral Church

Sacred Heart Parish was established in the East Hill section of Pensacola in 1905 to meet the growing demand for a Catholic Church in the area. The first church was near completion when it was destroyed by the Hurricane of ...

Old Sacred Heart Hospital

Founded in 1915, Sacred Heart Hospital was the joint effort of a group of local citizens and the Daughters of Charity.

The Daughters of Charity is a religious community of women founded by Elizabeth Bailey Seton in 1633 dedicated to caring ...

National Historic Landmark - French Quarter

The New Orleans French Quarter, also know as the Vieux Carre, is the oldest neighborhood in the city and the second oldest historic district in the country.

In 1718, the French governor of Louisiana, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville established the ...

The Historical Society of Martin County at Elliot Museum

The museum is home to the Willoughby Collection, one of the largest collections of late 19th and early 20th century Seminole artifacts.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Museum of Florida Art and Culture

The Museum of Florida Art and Culture contains exhibits on the Native American cultures of the Lake Wales Ridge and Kissimmee Valley, including artifacts from the Blueberry Site. Also at the museum are paintings by Florida artists that interpret Florida's ...

Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthplace

In 1929, this modest frame vernacular house was the home of Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and his wife Alberta Williams King. At this time Reverend King was serving as associate minister of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in support of ...

Sebastian Inlet State Park and McLarty Treasure Museum

Florida Spanish Colonial Heritage Trail

The McLarty Treasure Museum features the history of the 1715 Spanish treasure fleet. Also within the state park is the Sebastian Fishing Museum, which tells the history of the area's fishing industry.

The premier saltwater fishing spot ...

Colonial Spanish Quarter

Encompassing a city block, visitors to the Colonial Spanish Quarter Museum experience a time when St. Augustine was a remote outpost of the Spanish Empire. Through its surroundings and costumed living history interpreters, the Colonial Spanish Quarter illustrates the life ...