The H and O Cafe

In 1944, Hamp Lee and his wife Ola opened the H & O Cafe. Originally, Lee purchased the property from his brother, Tierce.

Following the purchase, Lee converted it from a dry goods store into his cafe. In 1947, Lee ...

Maclay State Gardens

Florida Women's Heritage Trail

This park was once part of a 3,760 acre hunting estate owned by Alfred B. Maclay (1871-1944), a New York financier. Maclay and his wife, Louise, designed the ornamental gardens for the property, including a Camellia Walk, ...

Bellevue Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science

Florida Women's Heritage Trail

Bellevue is the former home of Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray Murat (1803-1867),great-grandniece of George Washington, widow of Achille Murat, Prince of Naples and nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Catherine bought the modest story-and-a-half house and 520 acres of ...

The "Lost Neighborhood"

In the 1970s, construction of the new Interstate 110 corridor uprooted the east side community.

Known as the Lost Neighborhood, the construction dispersed residents of the east side throughout Pensacola. Unfortunately, as a result of the corridor expansion, Pensacola lost ...

Faver-Dykes State Park

Noted for its pristine condition, this tranquil park borders Pellicer Creek as it winds along Florida's east coast highways down to the Matanzas River. Pellicer Creek is a popular site for birding with more than one hundred bird species seen ...

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Welcome to the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, "the Amazon of North America." The Fakahatchee Strand is a linear swamp forest, approximately twenty miles long by five miles wide and oriented from north to south. It has been sculpted by ...

Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park

Visitors can see West Indian manatees every day of the year from the park's underwater observatory in the main spring. The park showcases native Florida wildlife, including manatees, black bears, bobcats, white-tailed deer, American alligators, American crocodiles, and river otters. ...

Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park

Humans have occupied Wakulla Springs for over 12,000 years. The camp where the Creek prophet Hillis Hadjo, or Francis, sought refuge in Spanish Florida after the Creek War of 1813-1814, is believed to be within the park. Interpretive panels discuss ...

Eden Gardens State Park

The focal point of this 161-acre park is the beautifully renovated, two-story Wesley house with its elegant white columns and wrap-around porch. The moss-draped live oaks and ornamental gardens inspire visions of hoop skirts and landed gentry.

Named after a ...

Dunns Creek State Park

Located south of a sharp bend in the St. Johns River, more than 6,200 acres of natural communities represent Dunns Creek. These natural communities include sandhills, covered with longleaf pines, wiregrass and sand pine scrub. These protect several endangered and ...