15 Best Things to Do in Sunny Isles Beach (FL)
A city of skyscrapers, Sunny Isles Beach occupies just 1.8 square miles of barrier island between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. When I wrote this article Sunny Isles Beach was the …
15 Best Things to Do in Venice (FL)
A perfect example of a planned city, Venice came about in the mid-1920s and grew steadily as the 20th century progressed. Today Venice is an official Florida MainStreet City, with …
15 Best Things to Do in Safety Harbor (FL)
Next to Clearwater, on the peaceful shores of Tampa Bay, Safety Harbor is a small town with a lot of personality. With a quaint Main Street, community gardens, peculiar outsider …
15 Best Things to Do in DeBary (FL)
By Lake Monroe on the St. Johns River, DeBary is a city named for a 19th-century wine merchant. He decided to build a winter estate near the river, and in doing …
15 Best Things to Do in Hialeah Gardens (FL)
North of Doral and west of Hialeah, this city of more than 20,000 is on the very western edge of the Miami Metropolitan Area. Until the 1960s the landscape in …
15 Best Things to Do in Lynn Haven (FL)
Founded by Union Civil War veterans in 1911, Lynn Haven is a city of almost 20,000, on the north side of Panama City. I’m smitten with Lynn Haven’s beautiful public …
15 Best Things to Do in Naples (FL)
In Southwest Florida, Naples is as far south as you can go before you hit the Everglades. This inhospitable landscape was tamed in the 1920s with the construction of the …
14 Best Things to Do in Eustis (FL)
In a marvelous setting next to the lake of the same name, Eustis is a city beloved for its vital downtown. This district was given a whole new streetscape in …
14 Best Things to Do in Palm Springs (FL)
In the 20 years before I wrote this article, the population of this village in Palm Beach County had tripled. Palm Springs is a residential community set inland, just next …
14 Best Things to Do in West Melbourne (FL)
The fastest-growing city in Brevard County is right next to the inviting coastal community of Melbourne. Served by Melbourne Orlando International Airport (MLB), which has just been given a lot of …