Florida Folk History

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  • Redland Grocery

    At the crossroads of Redland Road and Bauer Drive sits one of the last surviving landmarks of early Redland: the little wooden building now known…

  • Flamingo

    Before Flamingo became a lonely outpost at the end of the mainland, this land was supposed to belong to the Miccosukee. Early federal plans floated…

  • Cassadaga

    Is the Psychic Capital of the World the real deal? I went to Cassadaga to find out! Tucked away in Volusia County, Cassadaga was founded…

  • Eatonville

    The all-Black town of Eatonville was established in 1887—two decades after the Civil War ended—by former slaves. Located six miles north of Orlando, the town…

  • Mount Royal

    Last weekend I had the opportunity to visit the Mt. Royal mound located in Welaka, Putnam county. First described by John Bartam in 1766, who…

  • Windover Pond

    Brevard County, 1982. Construction had just begun on a new housing development amid a quiet, unassuming swamp across from Windover Pond when a backhoe operator…

  • The Biltmore Hotel

    The elegant Biltmore Hotel is a Miami landmark—a sprawling Mediterranean manse graced with fountains, terraces and columned loggias in the lush and legendary Coral Gables, it…

  • Royal Palm State Park

    Did you know that Florida’s first State Park was created by a group of women who didn’t even have the right to vote? In 1914,…

  • Rosewood

    You must pass through what was once the town of Rosewood to reach the sleepy coastal fishing village of Cedar Key. Few today realize that…