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Holmes County
Bonifay keeps Holmes County's town map gathered
Bonifay gives Holmes County a county-seat and local museum story, with early towns, railroads, farms, artifacts, photos, and family records gathered in one place.
Read this note ->Gilchrist County
Gilchrist County is Florida's newest county with older roots
Florida created Gilchrist County from part of Alachua County in 1925, while Trenton, Bell, Fanning Springs, and the surrounding communities have older histories.
Read this note ->Baker County
Glen Saint Mary Nursery roots a Baker County plant story
George Lindley Taber Sr. and Thomas Beath began the Glen Saint Mary Nursery Company in 1882; the operating nursery now sits in unincorporated Baker County.
Read this note ->Liberty County
Gregory House makes Torreya's river-bluff history feel close
The Gregory House at Torreya State Park gives Liberty County a moved-house story tied to the Apalachicola River, CCC work, plantation history, and bluff-country views.
Read this note ->Florida context
Lafayette's county-seat story makes Mayo more than a dot
Lafayette County's move from New Troy to Mayo gives this small Suwannee River county a courthouse story, a fire story, and a clear reason Mayo anchors the map.
Read this note ->Union County
Lake Butler's Townsend Building anchors a block of Union history
Lake Butler's Townsend Building and the nearby Union County Historical Museum tell two related Main Street stories without being the same stop.
Read this note ->Madison County
Madison's Four Freedoms Monument keeps a World War Two name downtown
The Four Freedoms Monument in downtown Madison ties a small North Florida square to Colin P. Kelly Jr., World War Two memory, and a public corner people still pass.
Read this note ->Glades County
Ortona Indian Mound Park keeps Glades County deeper than the road
Ortona Indian Mound Park gives Glades County a rare public look at mounds, canals, hammocks, county park care, and a much older layer near the Caloosahatchee country.
Read this note ->Florida context
Panhandle Pioneer Settlement keeps Calhoun history hands-on
Panhandle Pioneer Settlement in Blountstown turns Calhoun County history into buildings, tools, porches, skills, events, and family stories people can walk through.
Read this note ->Alachua County
A. Quinn Jones Museum keeps Gainesville's education story close
The A. Quinn Jones Museum in Gainesville keeps a Black educator, the Fifth Avenue and Pleasant Street neighborhood, and local oral histories in one home.
Read this note ->Florida context
American Beach keeps Amelia Island's Black beach story visible
American Beach on Amelia Island preserves a Nassau County resort story built around Black beach access, family trips, and a coastal community that still has memory in the sand.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Black Archives Lyric Theater keeps Overtown's stage memory
The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater keeps Overtown's music, Black business, performance, and Little Broadway memory tied to one Miami stage.
Read this note ->Clay County
Camp Blanding keeps Clay County close to World War II
Camp Blanding gives Clay County a major World War II training story, with a museum, memorial grounds, and Florida National Guard roots near Kingsley Lake.
Read this note ->Volusia County
DeBary Hall keeps Volusia's St. Johns River winter-estate story
DeBary Hall Historic Site shows southwest Volusia through a 19th-century winter estate, St. Johns River travel, hunting, hospitality, and old Florida tourism.
Read this note ->Orange County
Downtown Winter Garden starts where Plant Street meets the trail
Plant Street and the West Orange Trail meet in the middle of historic Winter Garden. One city maps page covers the downtown, parking, trail, and walking routes.
Read this note ->Alachua County
Dudley Farm keeps Newberry's rural work visible
Dudley Farm Historic State Park near Newberry keeps north Florida farm life visible through original buildings, fields, tools, and family land.
Read this note ->Leon County
FAMU started with a small class on Tallahassee's hill
Florida A&M University began in Tallahassee with 15 students and two instructors, then grew into one of the capital city's defining institutions.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Hampton House keeps Miami's Green Book memory open
Historic Hampton House in Brownsville keeps a listed Green Book motel's music, civil-rights, and mid-century story in public view.
Read this note ->Florida context
Kingsley Plantation keeps Jacksonville's river history honest
Kingsley Plantation in Timucuan Preserve puts Jacksonville's Fort George Island story beside the river, with plantation buildings, tabby cabins, freedom, enslavement, and survival in one place.
Read this note ->Volusia County
Mary McLeod Bethune Home keeps Daytona's school story close
The Mary McLeod Bethune Home in Daytona Beach keeps Bethune-Cookman's founder, her rooms, and part of the city's Black education story in one place.
Read this note ->Brevard County
Moore Memorial Park keeps Mims' civil rights story visible
Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park in Mims keeps a hard Florida civil rights story tied to a museum, replica home, and quiet grounds.
Read this note ->Duval County
Ritz Theatre keeps LaVilla's Harlem of the South memory
The Ritz Theatre and Museum in Jacksonville keeps LaVilla's Black culture, performance, music, and Harlem of the South memory on the downtown map.
Read this note ->Florida context
Virginia Key Beach keeps Miami's civil-rights shoreline
Historic Virginia Key Beach Park gives Miami a shoreline story tied to Black beach access, family outings, preservation, and Biscayne Bay.
Read this note ->Orange County
Zora Neale Hurston keeps Eatonville on home ground
Eatonville keeps Zora Neale Hurston's Florida story close to the town, museum, streets, church life, and community memory that shaped her work.
Read this note ->Florida context
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum keeps Seminole history told from home
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation gives visitors a Seminole-led place to learn, remember, and slow down.
Read this note ->Volusia County
Barberville Pioneer Settlement keeps rural Volusia hands-on
Barberville Pioneer Settlement uses historic buildings, trades, crafts, and music to keep inland Volusia County's working history visible.
Read this note ->Broward County
Bonnet House keeps Fort Lauderdale close to its old coastal art side
Bonnet House gives Fort Lauderdale a rare old-coast mix of art, gardens, family history, and preserved beachside land.
Read this note ->Franklin County
Carrabelle keeps a phone-booth-sized police story
Carrabelle's locally billed "World's Smallest Police Station" turns a 1963 police-phone booth and a practical local fix into a roadside story.
Read this note ->Lake County
Clermont's Citrus Tower shows how the grove map changed
Built in 1956 to overlook citrus country, the tower now holds Clermont's old groves, rolling ridge, lakes, roads, and neighborhoods in one view.
Read this note ->Florida context
Columbia Restaurant keeps Ybor City at the table
Columbia Restaurant began in Tampa's Ybor City in 1905 and keeps a Spanish-Cuban dining story tied to one city block.
Read this note ->Florida context
Cortez keeps Manatee County's working-water memory
Cortez is a small Manatee County fishing village where boats, a former schoolhouse, maritime exhibits, and local seafood history still sit close together.
Read this note ->Duval County
Cummer Museum keeps Jacksonville's river gardens in view
The Cummer Museum ties Jacksonville's art collection, riverfront gardens, and Ninah Cummer's civic legacy into one Riverside stop.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Curtiss Mansion keeps Miami Springs close to aviation history
Curtiss Mansion ties Miami Springs to Glenn Curtiss, early aviation, Pueblo Revival design, and a community-led restoration story.
Read this note ->Volusia County
Daytona Speedway moved beach racing inland
Daytona International Speedway helps explain how Daytona's beach-racing fame became a permanent inland motorsports landmark.
Read this note ->Florida context
Don Garlits Museum keeps Ocala's drag-racing story loud
The Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing gives Ocala a fast, mechanical, very Florida car-culture stop with national racing memory.
Read this note ->Volusia County
Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens mixes old mill walls, flowers, and roadside fun
Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens in Port Orange blends a 19th-century mill site, volunteer gardens, and concrete dinosaurs from an old attraction.
Read this note ->Florida context
Dunnellon's phosphate marker tells a boom-town story
Dunnellon's hard-rock phosphate story explains why this quiet river town once sat near the center of a Florida mining boom.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Fairchild Garden keeps Coral Gables close to the tropical plant world
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden gives Coral Gables a major plant story tied to Robert Montgomery, David Fairchild, and South Florida's tropical growing climate.
Read this note ->Florida context
Flagler College keeps St. Augustine's grand hotel in daily use
Flagler College keeps the old Hotel Ponce de Leon at the center of St. Augustine life, turning a Gilded Age resort into an active campus.
Read this note ->Broward County
Flamingo Gardens keeps Davie's grove and wildlife story in one place
Flamingo Gardens began as a South Florida citrus grove and now ties Davie to plants, Everglades history, and native wildlife care.
Read this note ->Florida context
Flora-Bama keeps Escambia's state-line music story loud
Flora-Bama gives Perdido Key and Escambia County a state-line beach bar, music, and Gulf Coast gathering story that reaches back to 1964.
Read this note ->Florida context
Florida Keys Wild Bird Center keeps Tavernier's rescue story close
Florida Keys Wild Bird Center gives Tavernier a wildlife-rescue and sanctuary story tied to injured birds, education, and Keys habitats.
Read this note ->Duval County
Florida Theatre keeps Jacksonville's movie palace on Forsyth Street
The Florida Theatre gives downtown Jacksonville a 1927 movie palace that survived hard years and still anchors live shows, films, and civic memory.
Read this note ->Florida context
Fort Christmas makes the town name feel literal
Fort Christmas Historical Park gives Christmas, Florida, a real fort story, pioneer homes, and a quieter look at Central Florida history.
Read this note ->Okaloosa County
Fort Walton Beach Heritage Park puts the mound at the center
Fort Walton Beach Heritage Park ties the Indian Temple Mound Museum, historic buildings, and local history into one walkable cultural stop.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Fruit and Spice Park makes Homestead's tropical side easy to taste
Fruit and Spice Park near Homestead gives Miami-Dade a public garden built around tropical fruit, spices, herbs, nuts, and farm-country curiosity.
Read this note ->Orange County
Gatorland keeps Orlando's roadside wildlife story alive
South of Orlando in unincorporated Orange County, Gatorland keeps an older roadside-attraction story, from Owen Godwin's 1949 wildlife idea to the famous gator-mouth entrance.
Read this note ->Lake County
GeorgeFest keeps Eustis on a small-town birthday calendar
GeorgeFest gives Eustis a long-running George Washington birthday celebration with a parade, carnival, races, music, and downtown energy.
Read this note ->Florida context
Gulfarium keeps Fort Walton's 1955 marine-park story alive
Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park gives Fort Walton Beach an older Gulf-side attraction story that reaches back to 1955.
Read this note ->Monroe County
Hemingway Home keeps Key West's literary side close
The Hemingway Home in Key West keeps the writer's island years close, with the old house, studio, pool, garden, and famous cats.
Read this note ->Martin County
House of Refuge keeps Martin County's shipwreck shelter story
The 1876 House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar shows how food, clothing, medicine, and shelter reached shipwreck survivors on an isolated coast.
Read this note ->Volusia County
Jackie Robinson Ballpark keeps Daytona's civil-rights baseball story
Jackie Robinson Ballpark keeps Daytona Beach tied to a 1946 spring-training game that helped move baseball history forward.
Read this note ->Duval County
Jacksonville's Cowford name starts at the river crossing
Before Jacksonville took its current name, the St. Johns River crossing known as Cowford helped explain why the settlement formed where it did.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Joe's Stone Crab keeps Miami Beach's seafood story old-school
Joe's Stone Crab gives Miami Beach a seafood story that began with Joe Weiss, a small lunch counter, and a city that was not a city yet.
Read this note ->Alachua County
Kanapaha Gardens gives Gainesville a slow plant walk
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens gives Gainesville a nonprofit garden with broad plant collections, a long paved walk, and a North Florida garden story.
Read this note ->Monroe County
Key West Cemetery makes island history a walking map
Key West Cemetery turns island history into a walk, with hurricane memory, high ground, family plots, old markers, and a city-run cemetery still in use.
Read this note ->Florida context
La Segunda keeps Ybor's Cuban bread story warm
La Segunda ties Tampa's Ybor City to Cuban bread, immigrant work, bakery trucks, palmetto leaves, and a family business that began in 1915.
Read this note ->Lake County
Lakeside Inn keeps Mount Dora on the lakefront hotel map
Lakeside Inn gives Mount Dora a long-running lakefront hotel story, from the Alexander House to a National Register landmark.
Read this note ->Florida context
Leu Gardens gives Orlando a shaded old estate story
Leu Gardens gives Orlando fifty acres of plants, paths, and an old house story that started long before the modern tourist map.
Read this note ->Florida context
Lightner Museum keeps St. Augustine's Hotel Alcazar in use
The Lightner Museum gives St. Augustine another Flagler-era hotel story, turning the old Hotel Alcazar into a museum with a curious collection.
Read this note ->Palm Beach County
Lion Country Safari keeps western Palm Beach County's drive-through story
Lion Country Safari near Loxahatchee keeps a 1960s drive-through animal park story alive in western Palm Beach County.
Read this note ->Florida context
Marineland keeps A1A's oceanarium story old and new
Marineland gives the A1A coast an older oceanarium story that still shapes the small town between St. Augustine and Flagler Beach.
Read this note ->Florida context
McKee Botanical Garden keeps Vero's jungle-garden memory
McKee Botanical Garden keeps part of Vero Beach's old roadside-attraction era alive with tropical plants, water lilies, and rescued garden paths.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Merrick House keeps Coral Gables close to its family start
Merrick House gives Coral Gables a founder-family landmark with a wraparound porch, garden grounds, and weekend tours.
Read this note ->Florida context
Miami Freedom Tower carries a newspaper and refugee story
Freedom Tower began as a Miami newspaper building, then became a major Cuban Assistance Center and one of downtown Miami's most meaningful landmarks.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
Monkey Jungle keeps South Miami-Dade's old animal-park story
Monkey Jungle keeps a South Miami-Dade animal-park story that began with Joseph DuMond, Java monkeys, and a subtropical forest.
Read this note ->Palm Beach County
Mounts Botanical Garden gives West Palm a growing classroom
Mounts Botanical Garden gives West Palm Beach a public garden tied to county learning, tropical plants, and everyday South Florida yards.
Read this note ->Florida context
Navy SEAL Museum keeps Fort Pierce's beach training story visible
The Navy SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce preserves the beach training story of Navy frogmen, Underwater Demolition Teams, and later SEAL history.
Read this note ->Miami-Dade County
North Miami Beach's monastery visit starts with today's hours
The Ancient Spanish Monastery is a historic site, church, and event space. Its schedule changes, so check today's opening before driving over.
Read this note ->Florida context
Pigeon Key keeps the Seven Mile Bridge story close
Pigeon Key near Marathon keeps the Overseas Railroad and Seven Mile Bridge story tied to real island buildings, workers, water, and weather.
Read this note ->Hillsborough County
Plant City strawberry season starts with the festival map
Plant City's strawberry story belongs to the railroad, winter crop, and annual festival. Use the live festival map, schedule, and parking page for the actual day.
Read this note ->Hillsborough County
Plant Museum keeps Tampa's railroad hotel story grand
The Henry B. Plant Museum keeps Tampa close to the grand Tampa Bay Hotel, railroad growth, Moorish Revival design, and Spanish-American War history.
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