Tampa, Florida
Mary Hadfield Watt Memorial
A seemingly inexplicable memorial honors a beloved Tampa fruit-seller.
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Tampa, Florida
A seemingly inexplicable memorial honors a beloved Tampa fruit-seller.
Tampa, Florida
One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.
Tampa, Florida
Visit the final resting place of a potential pirate at this historic burial site.
Tampa, Florida
Tour the oldest family-owned cigar-rolling factory in the country—then learn how to roll your own.
Tampa, Florida
This century-old bakery produces 18,000 loaves of traditional Cuban bread every day.
Tampa, Florida
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
Tampa, Florida
Rescued, handpainted reproductions of iconic Francisco Goya paintings, now in a hotel.
Tampa, Florida
A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.
Tampa, Florida
An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.
Tampa, Florida
Restored historic buildings, machinery, and a Mediterranean garden tell the story of a vibrant multicultural neighborhood in the heart of Tampa.
Tampa, Florida
The childhood home of a Tampa sports legend now houses 135 years of baseball memorabilia.
Tampa, Florida
This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.
Tampa, Florida
Every Sunday for the last 30 years, this Buddhist temple has hosted a market with food and Thai goods.
Orlando, Florida
A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.
Orlando, Florida
Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.
Kissimmee, Florida
The whole world is cooking in one Kissimmee parking lot.
Kissimmee, Florida
The rounded structure has evolves from service station to citrus to souvenirs to Charley survivor.
Kissimmee, Florida
The dining outpost of a Kissimmee Mexican food empire.
Kissimmee, Florida
Welcome to the oldest courthouse in continuous use in Florida.
Kissimmee, Florida
Costa Rican coffee and Venezuelan cuisine, made with painstaking attention to detail.
Kissimmee, Florida
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.
Orlando, Florida
A public, open-air art exhibit featuring world-renowned sculptures hides in plain sight on the outskirts of Orlando.
Orlando, Florida
If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.
Orlando, Florida
During segregation, this Orlando hotel hosted performers like Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Now it's a museum dedicated to preserving local Black history.