Arcadia Opera House

The Opera House is a museum piece that anchors the city's historic district.

The rambling Arcadia Opera House looks like it could hide a few ghosts.

“I’ve never seen one myself, but there have been quite a few sightings,” says proprietor James ...

Edison and Ford Winter Estates

"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that." – Thomas Edison, 1931

The inventor of the ...

Coral Gables Venetian Pool

There are few pools in the country that can rival the massive size of this aquifer-fed beauty, and certainly none can match its storied past.

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Many swimming pools these days are never completely drained. But the mammoth, historic city pool in ...

House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar

Named for a pirate, the last remaining lifesaving station on Florida’s east coast showcases 19th century life by the sea.

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The parlor still has its original furniture, with small Victorian tables, sofas adorned with doilies and an early Thomas Edison gramophone. ...

Florida Agricultural Museum

It's a living history museum in every sense of the word, where you can try your hand at planting vegetables, hoeing weeds, pumping water, gathering eggs, shelling corn, churning butter or riding a horse.

Historic agricultural buildings from around the ...

Stone Mountain Historic District

Within the metropolitan Atlanta area, the Stone Mountain Historic District is a rare surviving historic railroad town. This intact community contains nearly every major element of a railroad town in Georgia, including the homes of the town founders, the rail ...

Callanwolde

Callanwolde was originally the home of Charles Howard Candler, eldest son of Asa Candler, who succeeded his father as president and director of the family-founded Coca-Cola Company. It was named after Callen Castle in Ireland which was given to a ...

Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant

The Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant is an outstanding example of early 20th-century commercial and industrial architecture in Atlanta. It is one of the earliest automobile assembly plants in the Southeast and represents the beginnings of the automobile industry in ...

National Nugrape Company

The NuGrape Company of America began in Atlanta in 1921 as a soft drink company. It was an innovator in the 1920s by bottling its own drinks, now a standard in the beverage industry. The National NuGrape Company building, built ...

Inman Park - Moreland Historic District

The Inman Park--Moreland Historic District is comprised primarily of residential buildings that date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It also includes two historic schools, two historic churches and several commercial buildings. Architectural styles within the district include ...