A postcard from the 1960s, which shows how the place looks in it’s heyday. Everglades Gatorland, not to be confused with Gatorland in Orlando, was a small attraction located just within the...
A postcard from the 1960s, which shows how the place looks in it’s heyday. Everglades Gatorland, not to be confused with Gatorland in Orlando, was a small attraction located just within the...
Aerial image of Nike Missile Site HM-95, c. 1960s Built in 1965 by the U.S. Army in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. This Nike site, like many others, was split into two locations. One was the...
Castle Hill Mansion, 1980s. Photo courtesy of Wes Smith, son of Larry and Charlene Smith, the last owners of the property North of John’s Lake in Clermont is a wooded area known as “Castle Hill”...
The Colony Plaza Hotel was originally built as a Ramada Inn in 1968 in Ocoee, Florida. The hotel contained a a lounge, swimming pool, tennis courts, and meeting rooms. It was also the first hotel in...
On the morning of July 28, 1997, 23-year-old Keith Murdock fell three stories down an elevator shaft while playing hide-and-go-seek with a few friends inside the abandoned Sunland Hospital in Orlando...
Undated photograph of the Belleview Biltmore Hotel The Belleview Hotel, as it was initially known, was constructed by Henry B. Plant as a resort destination to boost tourist travel on his railroad...
Pat Frank’s “Alas, Babylon” first published in 1959 Alas, Babylon was written in 1959 by Pat Frank and was one of the first apocalyptic novels of the nuclear age. It deals with the...
W.T. Edwards Tuberculosis Hospital in Tallahassee Around 1952, a new series of state-of-the-art tuberculosis hospitals opened and were named the W.T. Edwards Tuberculosis Hospital, named in honor of...
Photo Credit: 808shirts, 2014 – Best Economy Inn was located at 1701 E Busch Blvd. Built in 1974, it initially opened as the Econo Lodge Busch Gardens Tampa, located at 1701 E Busch Blvd...
The Southeastern Academy of Travel and Tourism was originally opened in Orlando, offering two-year associate’s degree programs in business, computer, and other professional fields. It was only...
Opening on June 20, 1976, River Country was the first water park built by the Walt Disney Company. Located on the shore of Bay Lake, the park featured a rustic wilderness theme that went along with...
Thought by neighborhood kids as an old mental hospital was actually the barracks for recruits entering power school. In December 1966, it was announced that Orlando will be the site for the...
Postcard depicting the Escape Hotel, c. 1950s The Escape Hotel was one of many pioneering hotels built on Fort Lauderdale beach by George Gill Jr. who became known as the father of Broward County...
Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Florida State Library Archives, 1920s – Cattle in the Tampa area The old cattle docks sit abandoned on the Port of Tampa Property and access can only be granted...
Hotel James, 1938. Courtesy of the State Library and Archives of Florida. The Hotel James, alternatively the James Hotel, is a historic hotel located in the city of Palatka currently undergoing...
The remains of the All-Florida Chautauqua Amphitheater. Photo Courtesy of William Powell Chautauqua was an adult education and social movement in the United States that was most popular during the...
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