Florida Caverns State Park

THIS SUMMER, AS THE TEMPERATURE RISES, WHY NOT CHECK OUT AN UNDERGROUND SPOT THAT’S BOUND TO STAY COOL? INSIDE THE CAVE AT THE FLORIDA CAVERNS STATE PARK, THE TEMPERATURE’S ALWAYS ABOUT 65 DEGREES.

IN ADDITION TO GUIDED CAVE TOURS, THE ...

First Christmas- Tallahassee

Sixteenth Century Spanish conquistador Hernando De Soto and his army spent years exploring the American South, but their presence has been positively identified only in Tallahassee. While investigating the grounds of the historic home of former Governor John Martin in ...

Circus History

FOR SEVEN DECADES, SARASOTA COUNTY WAS

THE “HOME OF THE AMERICAN CIRCUS.” IN MARCH

1927, JOHN AND CHARLES RINGLING OF RINGLING

BROTHERS AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS ANNOUNCED

THAT SARASOTA, WHERE THEY OWNED OVER SIXTY

THOUSAND ACRES, WOULD BE THEIR WINTER QUARTERS.

MANY LEADING CIRCUS PERFORMERS ...

Apalachicola, FL

The town of Apalachicola, located about 80 miles southwest of Tallahassee at the mouth of the Apalachicola River, was named by an Act of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida in 1821. The area was valued because of ...

Ybor City

Although fine cigars are synonymous with Cuba, for a few decades in the early twentieth century, Tampa Bay’s Ybor City surpassed Havana as the cigar capital of the world.

Manufacturers moved to Key West in the late 1860s to avoid paying ...

Cathedral of Leon

The Cathedral of Leon in Nicaragua is one of the biggest cathedrals in Central America and the most prominent building in Leon. It is in the center of the city, next to the Central Park. During construction, wealthy citizens in ...

National Chavez Center

The 187-acre National Chavez Center is located in the Tehachapi Mountains, overlooking the San Joaquin Valley. The site known as Nuestra Senora Reina de La Paz is the final resting place for agricultural workers’ rights activist Cesar Chavez. Perhaps most ...

La Casa Azul

La Casa Azul, or the Blue House, is where the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was born and died. Frida’s father built the house three years before she was born on July 6, 1907. Located on the corner of Londres and ...

Jakes/Patterson Bus Boycott

On May 26, 1956, Florida A&M University students, Wilhelmina Jakes and Carrie Patterson boarded a Tallahassee city bus and sat in the only seats available -- next to a white female passenger in the front of the bus. The bus ...

Jackie Robinson

MANY ARE AWARE THAT JACKIE ROBINSON BROKE THE COLOR BARRIER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, BUT HOW MANY KNOW THAT HE DID IT IN FLORIDA?

IN 1945, THE BROOKLYN DODGERS, SECRETLY SIGNED JACKIE ROBINSON TO THE DODGERS’ TOP FARM CLUB, THE ...