St. Lucie County Historical Museum

The museum houses exhibits on the Ais, who lived in the the Fort Pierce area at the time of Spanish exploration, include artifacts from the period and reproductions of sketches made at the time of European contact. The museum also ...

Urca de Lima Underwater Archaeological Preserve

The Urca de Lima Underwater Archaeological Preserve, at the site of one of the fabled Spanish plate flota (fleet) wrecks that sank during a hurricane in 1715 off present-day Fort Pierce, was opened to the public in September 1987. It ...

Juan Ponce de Leon Landing Park

Public beach park that commemorates Juan Ponce de Leon's first landing in Florida.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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 ...

Orange County Regional History Center

Located in the historic Orange County Courthouse in downtown Orlando. Exhibits portray the arrival of the Spanish and their interaction with the native population. There are also exhibits on the period of the Seminole War.

The outdoor Heritage Square courtyard ...

Tampa Bay History Center

Step inside the new, 60,000-square-foot History Center in Tampa’s bustling Channelside district and take a journey through 12,000 years of powerful stories. Follow in the footsteps of the first native inhabitants, Spanish conquistadors, pioneers, presidents, sports legends and railroad tycoons. ...

The Oldest Wooden School House in the U.S.

The small clapboard building located near the historic gates of St. Augustine is widely believed to be "the Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse in the U.S." Built in the early 18th century while Florida was under Spanish rule, the schoolhouse is constructed ...

The Oldest House Museum Complex

Managed by the St. Augustine Historical Society, the site features the oldest surviving Spanish colonial dwelling in Florida, the National Historic Landmark Gonzalez-Alvarez House. Occupied since the 1600s, the present house dates to the early 1700s. There are five other ...

Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park

Within the boundaries of the park, St. Augustine, the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the continental United States began. In the early 1900s, the property owner began charging admission to drink from spring waters located on the property, and ...

Plaza de la Constitucion

The Plaza de la Constitucion is a reminder of the brief time in 1813 that Spain had a constitutional government. In the center of the Plaza is the Monumento de la Constitucion. Many such monuments were built in 1813, but ...