History of A World of Orchids Opening in 1993, A World of Orchids, located just south of Walt Disney World in Kissimmee, Florida, showcased an extraordinary collection of approximately 4,000 blooming...
History of A World of Orchids Opening in 1993, A World of Orchids, located just south of Walt Disney World in Kissimmee, Florida, showcased an extraordinary collection of approximately 4,000 blooming...
Disney’s River Country Opening on June 20, 1976, River Country was the first water park built at the Walt Disney Company Resort in Florida. Situated on the shores of Bay Lake, close to...
Matheson Hammock Park The land Crandon Park occupies was once part of the largest coconut plantation in the United States, operated by William John Matheson and his heirs. In 1930, Matheson gifted 80...
History of the Xanadu Houses Bob Masters, Pioneer in Construction The Kissimmee Xanadu House was one in a series of experimental homes built by Bob Masters, the designer who pioneered the...
The Space Shuttle External Fuel Tank The Space Shuttle external tank (ET) was the component of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle that contained the liquid...
The Holy Land Experience The Holy Land Experience was a Christian-based theme park in Orlando, Florida, and registered as a non-profit corporation. Weekly church services and bible studies...
Cypress Gardens Cypress Gardens opened on January 2, 1936, as a botanical garden planted by Dick Pope Sr. and his wife Julie, billed as Florida’s first commercial tourist theme park. It became...
Suwannee Springs Suwannee Springs near Live Oak is the site of a former historic mineral spring tourist attraction and hotel that monetized this natural resource. Back in the 19th century, Florida...
Located in Brooksville, the unfinished sculpture of a brontosaurus was the work of August Herwede who lived in the house on the property behind the dinosaur. August was born September 21, 1886, and...
A covered structure with a sign reading “KIDDIE RIDES” hanging above it. Jarazic Park was a miniature golf course and batting cage attraction operating in the 1990s. Located in Navarre...
The design of the stadium is reminiscent of the Miami Marine Stadium in Miami, Florida Parque José Martí in Havana, Cuba was originally designed in the 1940s under the Fulgencio Batista regime...
Flashlights illuminate the dark passages of Lundy’s Cave Lundy’s Cave was a show cave that was a byproduct of an attempt to search for money that was said to have been thrown into a...
History of Havana’s Frontón Jai Alai Jai alai was brought over to Cuba in 1898 by the Basques, the indigenous people of the Basque Country in Spain. In April 1898, the Mazzatini brothers made...
White Sulfur Springs The White Sulfur Springs Ruins is a former bathhouse in the town of White Springs, located in Hamilton County, Florida, on the Suwannee River. The Suwannee River once marked the...
Postcard featuring the Placid Tower, circa 1960s When Earnest Oakley Hunt moved to Orlando from Colorado in 1938, he dreamed of building an observation tower. After relocating to Sebring in 1947...
Fort Lauderdale Stadium opened in 1962 as the spring training stadium for the New York Yankees. Fort Lauderdale Stadium opened in 1962 and was the New York Yankees spring training stadium since its...
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