Exploring the Culture, Coasts, and Hidden Corners of Florida
Between Sarasota and Venice, tucked between neighborhoods and the steady hum of U.S. 41, lies one of Florida’s most surprising pockets of wilderness: Oscar Scherer State Park. It should not exist, at least not in the way it does. This…
North of St. Augustine’s cobblestone streets and colonial gates, the land flattens into a maze of tidal creeks and marsh grass. Here, at the edge of the saltwater, stands Fort Mose Historic State Park — a place small in size…
Greenacres doesn’t pretend to be glamorous. It sits inland from the glint and glare of Palm Beach, surrounded by palm-lined neighborhoods and pocket parks where life unfolds at human scale. There are no mansions or megayachts here, no sweeping oceanfront…
West of Jacksonville’s busy corridors lies a patch of silence so deep it almost feels out of time. Camp Milton Historic Preserve hides behind pines and oaks along Halsema Road, where earthworks from the 1860s still ripple beneath the forest…
Drive west out of Orlando and the skyline quickly fades into rows of lakes, cypress trees, and neighborhoods stitched together by canals. This is Ocoee, Florida, a city that has always lived by water and history. At first glance, it…
Florida has a habit of hiding its best treasures in plain sight. You can drive along U.S. Highway 1 just north of Ormond Beach, pass rows of condos, gas stations, and seafood shacks, and never realize that one of the…
The road west out of Panama City Beach fools most people. It is lined with high-rises, souvenir shops shaped like sea creatures, and stretches of stoplights that feel endless. Then, almost without warning, the skyline falls away. The air shifts.…
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…
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…