Florida

A few shots of the equally fascinating and repulsive alligator.

If you are a bird-watcher or just enjoy birds, Florida has a lot to offer you.

Modeled on the Alcazar of Seville, Spain, the former Hotel Alcazar serves as Saint Augustine's City Hall and the home of the Lightner Museum, with its fascinating collections.

A visit to the Leu Gardens in Orlando is a refreshing break from theme park madness.

Saint Augustine, founded in 1565, is the oldest continuously-inhabited European settlement in the Americas. Join us for a tour of its historic center...

Walt Disney World is setting up metal detectors after the recent arrest of a man trying to bring a gun into the Magic Kingdom, and has announced new rules banning not only weapons, but also costumes for anyone over 14 years old. The metal detectors, already in use at a number of other U.S. theme parks, including Six Flags, are expected to be copied shortly by Universal, Sea World and others. Visitors will be randomly selected for screening. In addition to banning costumes for teens and...

Recently we featured the old-fashioned family park, Gatorland .  The park has a number of clever signs posted around it's grounds, such as the ones you see above and below this paragraph. My favorites of the bunch were two signs that were about 10 feet apart.  Here's the first: And here's the second: Smile!  It's a joke.

A cheerful mix of coleus helps move us into the holiday season.

Florida is home to lots of alligators, and there's probably no better place to see your fill of them in one day than at Gatorland, near Orlando

Spirit strikes again...this time with more non-stops from Philadelphia The ultra-low-cost carrier is taking on JetBlue and American this time, with non-stops from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale and Detroit. The Spirit "bare-fare" services that it hopes will win it market share competing with the majors on high-density has already pushed all three of the big legacy carriers—Delta, United and American—into offering no-frills fares in competition. (For Gumbo's coverage of that...

Built in 1870, The St. Augustine Lighthouse and its iconic black and white spiral paint is a must see.

Thanksgiving 1565 in Florida   Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the U.S., and for those who thought about its history rather than then turkey or the football, it probably involved reflection on the events of 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  ...