A drive through Lakeland, Lake Wales and Lake Placid is full of all sorts of unusual experiences. The lovingly restored downtown area of Lakeland reminds visitors of yesteryear with a quaint antique district and a beautiful scenic park, Munn Park, a beautiful downtown centerpiece. Surrounding the…
Read MoreIn Central Florida, two hours south of the bustling theme parks of Orlando, you’ll find Highlands County, a unique getaway that encompasses the towns of Lake Placid, Sebring and Avon Park. Be whisked back in time in downtown Lake Placid, where the town’s vivid murals portray the past with colorful…
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By Vanessa Caceres The Caladium Capital of the World. The Town of Murals. Home of Toby’s Clown School. These cute monikers all describe just one town —Highland County’s Lake Placid, just off of Route 27 and south of Sebring. In 2013, Readers Digest Magazine named Lake Placid “America’s Most…
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By Vanessa Caceres The word “Istokpoga” means “people have died here” in an old Seminole language. It’s been said that in the early 1800s, the surprisingly shallow Lake Istokpoga (it averages only four to six feet) claimed many Native Americans who were crossing the lake and fell victim to…
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