St. Augustine, Florida
Bluebird of Happiness Statue
An oversized bluebird statue returns to its rightful place on Vilano Beach pier.
1902
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
St. Augustine, Florida
Prince Road Container House
Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.
St. Augustine, Florida
Pinehurst and San Sebastian Cemeteries
The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.
St. Augustine, Florida
González–Álvarez House
Built around 1723, this is the oldest surviving home in the U.S.'s oldest colonial city.
St. Augustine, Florida
Lightner Museum
A Gilded Age hotel turned eclectic museum of Tiffany glass and curiosities
St. Augustine, Florida
Sacred Cat Rug
Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.
St. Augustine, Florida
Sir Winston Churchill's Lion 'Rota'
A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.
St. Augustine, Florida
The Ponce de León Hotel
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Photios National Greek Orthodox Shrine
Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.
St. Augustine, Florida
Castillo de San Marcos
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
Pirate & Treasure Museum
Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.
St. Augustine, Florida
Potter's Wax Museum
America's first wax museum opened in 1948.
St. Augustine, Florida
The Fountain of Youth
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
St. Augustine, Florida
National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche
This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.
St. Augustine, Florida
Monson Steps
The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.
St. Augustine, Florida
Historic Public Market
A market building entangled in St. Augustine's history of slavery and civil rights protest
St. Augustine, Florida
Andrew Young Crossing
Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.
St. Augustine, Florida
Treasury Street
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
St. Augustine, Florida
Karpeles Manuscript Library Mini Museum
The smallest walk-in museum in the United States, this miniature museum preserves and displays a range of historic manuscripts.
St. Augustine, Florida
Remnants of Rodriguez Arsian House
A vestige from St. Augustine's First Spanish Period, built from native coquina rock
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Monument
A bronze tribute to the everyday activists of St. Augustine's civil rights struggle
St. Augustine, Florida
Micro Masterpieces Art Gallery
Only through the lens of a microscope can visitors see the true treasures inside this museum.
St. Augustine, Florida
Dungeon Under the Stairs at the Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
St. Augustine, Florida
The Love Trees of St. Augustine
Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.
