One of the home’s unique features was the swimming pool which was built within the middle of the home Located in Islamorada, the “UFO House” has always been a landmark of the area...
One of the home’s unique features was the swimming pool which was built within the middle of the home Located in Islamorada, the “UFO House” has always been a landmark of the area...
First founded in the 1950s, Okomo was home to families who lived in single and double-wide trailers. The trailers surrounded a coral rock house which was first built in the 1920s as a wooden house...
The “Riddle House” Before you continue reading, please note that the following information was from a local resident of Orlando who supposedly spent years researching the history of the...
The mansion was demolished in 2014 Located in Davie, many locals knew this abandoned house as the ‘Mafia Mansion’, nicknamed for the urban legends that surrounded it with wilder claims...
James T. Walker This grand Victorian treehouse was built by James Talmage “Tokey” Walker, a World War II veteran and cattle farmer. James developed a strong work ethic at an early age. He...
This 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom home was built in 1928 and sits quietly on the side of two major highways. It was once owned by World War II and Vietnam veteran, Edmond J. Clemenzi and later to be claimed...
A postcard depicting the Glass Bank’s original look. Considered by many to have been a Cocoa Beach landmark, The First Federal Savings and Loan Building was constructed in 1961, giving the...
Homestead UFO House Located deep south in the city of Homestead, just a couple of miles from the Everglades entrance is a rather odd-looking house. Locals called it the ‘Alien House’...
William J. Howey, Founder of Howey-in-the-Hills The Howey Mansion is a historic 7,188 square foot, 20-room Mediterranean Revival Style home located in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida. It was built by...
Nestled into the coast of the Indian River Lagoon, where south Florida and central Florida first start to merge, sits an incredible historical house – once undoubtedly one of the most beautiful...
In the late-1800s, Hamilton Disston embarked on a large-scale project to drain the Everglades, using the reclaimed land for agricultural purposes. He partially succeeded, having reclaimed much of the...
Photo Credit: Florida Photographic Collection, 1920s – The Brewster power plant The town of Brewster was founded in 1910 to accommodate the workers at the time who spent the day working at the...
Dredging and filling was rampant in the Keys in the early-1970s. In order to control the local government’s lack of ability or desire to control development, on April 15, 1975, the Florida Keys...
A roadside fruit stand along US 441 In 1914, a train station was established at this location, north of Fort Drum along the Kissimmee Valley Extension of the Florida East Coast Railroad and several...
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”...
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...
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