Exploring the Culture, Coasts, and Hidden Corners of Florida
Orlando and its theme parks dominate the map of Central Florida, but just a few miles north lies a city with a different rhythm. Casselberry, set in Seminole County, is a place defined not by roller coasters or neon but…
Florida’s landscapes often conjure images of beaches, springs, or swamps. But in the rolling uplands northwest of Gainesville lies a different kind of wild place — one of the last and largest remaining mature hardwood forests in the state. San…
South of Miami’s bustling core, past the traffic of Coral Gables and Kendall, lies a suburban community that serves as a quieter threshold between city and wild. Cutler Bay is not a tourist mecca in the traditional sense — it…
If Florida had a beating heart, it would be found in the Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve. Spread across more than 110,000 acres in Central Florida, the prese rve is one of the state’s most ecologically important landscapes. It’s not a…
If Daytona Beach is the thunder, then Ormond Beach is the spark. Before NASCAR roared onto the world stage, it was here — on the hard-packed sands of Ormond — that automobile pioneers first tested their limits. Known as the…
There are springs in Florida — and then there’s the Rainbow River. Flowing out of Rainbow Springs, one of the state’s largest first-magnitude springs, the river winds six miles through Dunnellon before joining the Withlacoochee. Along its course, it maintains…
Florida has no shortage of unique small cities, but few wear an identity as distinctive as Wellington. Nestled in western Palm Beach County, Wellington is known worldwide as the Winter Equestrian Capital of the World — a place where thoroughbreds,…
Most Florida parks lean heavily into either beaches or swamps. Lake Griffin State Park, tucked just outside Leesburg in Lake County, is different. It’s small — just 620 acres — but it sits at the edge of the vast Ocklawaha…
Most travelers heading to South Florida aim straight for the beaches of Fort Lauderdale or the nightlife of Miami. But tucked neatly between them is a smaller city that’s earned a reputation of its own. Coconut Creek may not have…
When most people picture Florida, their minds go straight to beaches, theme parks, or Everglades swamps. But tucked away just northwest of Gainesville lies a rare gem that tells a different story—a living piece of Florida’s rural past. Dudley Farm…