Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel

The Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel has served the city of Pensacola for one hundred and forty-two years and continues to serve the members of the community in their hour of need.

In 1868, Felix Bonifay established the first undertaking business in ...

A.K. Suter Elementary School

A.K. Suter Elementary School has provided the community of East Pensacola Heights and the city of Pensacola with outstanding academic standards for nearly ninety years. It is the oldest school in Escambia County to utilize its original facilities for educational ...

Loretto Chapel and the Miraculous Staircase

In 1853, Bishop Jean Baptiste Lamy and the Kentuckian Sisters of Loretto established the Academy of Our Lady of Light in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In its initial years of operation the academy lacked a proper place of worship, which ...

The Grand Canyon

Carving its way through 277 miles of Arizona desert, many people consider the Grand Canyon to be one of the greatest natural wonders on our planet. Created through millions of years of geological activity, the Grand Canyon represents one of ...

Pensacola Beach Sign

The Pensacola Beach Sign was designed in 1960 by Mrs. Patricia Thorton Born. The Sign was commissioned by the Santa Rosa Island Authority to help direct tourists to drive from the city of Pensacola to Pensacola Beach.

Lamar Advertising built ...

Dania Beach

The first permanent settlers in Dania Beach arrived from Chicago in 1898 with Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad. W.C. Valentine, a developer and pioneer, planned the community, which he called Modello. These early settlers, most of Danish heritage, renamed ...

Pompano Beach

Pompano Beach, the second oldest city in Broward County, has a history dating back a thousand years. The area near Lake Santa Barbara was first inhabited by Tequesta Indians, who buried their dead in earthen mounds still visible today in ...

Delray Beach

Delray Beach is located in the southern portion of Palm Beach County along Florida's Atlantic Coast. Today, the city is known for its tourism industry but originally was recognized for its rich farmland and the economic opportunities associated with Henry ...

Boca Raton

No one knows for sure how Boca Raton got its name. The literal Spanish translation is "rat's mouth," but according to the Boca Raton Historical Society the more correct translation is "Thieves Inlet." A variation of the name first appeared ...

Arcadia

The county seat of DeSoto County, Arcadia is one of the oldest towns in the South Florida interior. Situated along the banks of the Peace River, it was originally home to a scattering of Native Americans in the sixteenth century, ...