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Nov 25, 2025

Sebring, Florida. Early Example Of Professional City Planning

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Sebring is a beautiful town in south Central Florida that was one of the first in America to be professionally planned.

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Nov 25, 2025

50 Florida Ethnic Restaurants: A World of Great Food

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Florida ethnic restaurants include anything that is not typically American, such as hamburgers, pizza, etc.

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Nov 24, 2025

Suwannee, Florida: Riverside Community on the Gulf

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Suwannee has a famous name and 300 people live here at the end of a lonely road.

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Nov 23, 2025

Riverside Historic District Jacksonville

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Riverside Historic District covers 687 acres in Jacksonville on the St. Johns River. The area includes over 2,100 buildings from the late 1800s to the 1930s.

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Nov 23, 2025

Doctor Phillips, Florida: From Citrus Groves to Restaurant Row

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Doctor Phillips, Florida is a populated region in the Orlando metro area. A generation ago, it was a lonely crossroads in citrus country.

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Nov 22, 2025

A One Page History of Florida

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Learn about Florida history from early Native Americans, the Spanish, growth after the Civil war, 1920s real estate boom, WW II and the growth it spurred.

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Nov 22, 2025

John's Pass Village: Replica of Old Florida Fishing Village

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John's Pass Village is on Florida's west coast near St Petersburg's beaches. It is an entertainment and shopping venue in the form of an old fishing village.

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Nov 21, 2025

10 Best Florida Train Museums - Railroad History

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Florida train museums celebrate and memorialize the importance of railroads to the early development of the state.

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Nov 21, 2025

Ozello, Florida: Serene Island in a Saltwater Marsh

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Ozello, Florida is on Florida's west coast between Crystal River and Homosassa. It is at the end of a long winding road through the marshes.

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Nov 21, 2025

Macclenny, Florida. Small Town West of Jacksonville

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Macclenny, Florida is a small town west of Jacksonville that has an Old Florida atmosphere.

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