San Marcos De Apalache

A half-hour south of Tallahassee at St. Marks, San Marcos de Apalache is a National Historic Landmark with origins dating back to 1528, when an expedition led by Spanish conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez arrived in the area. Spain later chose ...

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS, AUTHOR OF THE AMERICAN LITERARY CLASSIC THE YEARLING, FOR WHICH SHE WON THE PULITZER PRIZE, MOVED TO A RURAL FARMHOUSE AT CROSS CREEK, FLORIDA, IN 1928 AND LIVED THERE FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. THE CRACKER-STYLE ...

St. Marks Lighthouse

Despite the ravages of hurricanes and wars, the St. Marks Lighthouse still shines as a navigational beacon. The original poorly-constructed lighthouse, built in 1829, was replaced by a brick tower in 1831.

The lighthouse keeper feared for his safety during ...

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 ...

Grapefruit League- Plant Field, Tampa

Hearing an umpire call “play ball!” is nothing new in Florida. Major league spring training began here in 1888, when the Washington Statesmen (later the Washington Senators) visited Jacksonville to play a series of pre-season exhibition games.

Florida became a popular ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...