Downtown Gainesville looks like a sleepy country town where there’s not much going on. Start exploring, and the opposite soon becomes apparent. Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua in Florida, and the Downtown district is a hdive of exciting things to do. Downtown Gainesville’s historic character and charm are accentuated by an abundance of …
Minutes from West Palm Beach, Wellington is a village bounded by the Everglades and renowned for its equestrian culture. Wellington has been Dubbed the Winter Equestrian Capital of the World, and is home to the Wellington International complex. This is the venue for the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), attended by showjumping competitors from around the …
Located in east-central Florida between Orlando inland and Daytona Beach on the coast, Deltona is Volusia County’s most populous city. It is located near Lake Monroe, which is one of the largest lakes along the St. Johns River. Strategically situated amidst some of the state’s most popular attractions, Deltona is the perfect place to hang …
Located in Broward County’s Fort Lauderdale Metropolitan area, the city of Sunrise is conveniently close to many of the state’s most visited natural, cultural and historical sites. Sunrise was incorporated in 1961 and has since grown by leaps and bounds. It’s a popular residential city for those who commute to nearby urban centers like Fort …
Located in Broward County along the southern part of Florida’s Atlantic coast, Plantation is a northern suburb of Fort Lauderdale and is relatively equidistant between West Palm Beach and Miami. Its convenient location gives visitors easy access to many of the state’s most popular attractions, and it’s particularly well-known for its large municipal recreation complex …
The city of Sylacauga has many nicknames, including “The Marble City” and “Alabama’s Best-Kept Secret”. It has been known for its marble industry for the past couple of centuries, but more recently, and more bizarrely, it was also the first documented site where an object from outer space – Hodges Meteorite – fell from the …
Pell City was named after George Pell, a financial backer of the Pell City Iron and Land Company in 1890. The city developed rapidly in years that followed, becoming a great hub of industry with textile mills, mercantile establishments, soybean, cattle and cotton farms. During the 1950s, the city merged with nearby towns Oak Ridge …
The city of Jacksonville was founded in 1833 and named in honour of President Andrew Jackson. The land on which the city sits was purchased from Chief Ladiga, a well-known Creek Indian chief in the area, and today, you can follow a trail of the same name just outside Jacksonville. It’s a city with a …
The charming city of Eufaula lies on the Alabama/Georgia state line on the shores of Walter F. George Lake. When Creek Indians signed the Treaty of Cusseta in 1832, they gave up most of their land east of the Mississippi River to the United States – this treaty then allowed settlers to buy land from …
Nestled on the banks of the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is a city with a fascinating history. This city is home to the “Muscle Shoals Sound”, and since the 1960s its state-of-the-art music studios have played host to world-class artists such as Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Rolling Stones. It was …