For typical Florida vacation plans (boating, fishing) and for something different (historical architecture), check out these small towns and islands. Whopper catches and a sense of rural peace and pacing pervade this flashback strip of Gulf of Mexico coastline. When you cross the dramatic bridge…
Read MoreThe Amphibious Training Center readied soldiers headed into battle at Normandy and the Philippines. By Lynn Grisard Full Vivian Hess smiles as she recalls the military police who routinely met her after school and drove her, often in an amphibious Jeep, to her parents' workplace, the base post…
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By: Florence Beth Snyder Lighthouses have always had a powerful hold on the imagination. The Lighthouse at Alexandria lives in the collective memory among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The fictional Janus Rock lighthouse "speaks" to millions of 21st century fans of the book and movie…
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