By Kara Franker The Wynwood Arts District, named one of America's best hipster neighborhoods by Forbes Magazine, is like no other area in Miami -- or anywhere for that matter. Developers transformed once lifeless warehouse buildings into a vibrant outdoor museum, featuring giant walls of…
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By Janet K. Keeler Stuart is a place that’s difficult to really know in a day, but one day in this Florida Treasure Coast town is plenty of time to get started. That may sound like overblown tourism hype, but you’ll understand as we start to peel back the layers of one of Florida’s most…
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By Janet K. Keeler There’s funky. There’s cool. And then there’s funky-cool Matlacha. A tangle of low-rise buildings painted in colors that make sense only where the sun shines bright most of the year flank the mile-long road through the fishing village. Tropical greens, pinks and yellows stand…
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By Kevin Mims The waters off the Florida Keys aren’t quite like anywhere else in the world. Consider the numbers: nearly 3,000 square nautical miles of marine sanctuary, home to 6,000 marine species, a shipwreck trail with nine historic wrecks (and, off the trail, an estimated 1,000 shipwrecks…
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By Janet K. Keeler Visitors to the beach towns of Destin and Fort Walton understand perfectly why this stretch of the Florida Panhandle is called the Emerald Coast . The wide, white beaches and the emerald-hued waters are indeed the jewels of Florida. But there’s more here than beachcombing and…
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By Vanessa Caceres Downtown Fort Pierce offers visitors art, history, shopping, noshing, and scenic views nestled along Southeast Florida’s Treasure Coast. Here are nine things you can see and explore during a visit to downtown Fort Pierce. 1. The Florida Highwaymen history If you’ve ever seen…
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By Kevin Mims It’s an image commonly associated with the Florida Keys : clear, blue water, schools of brightly colored tropical fish, hard and soft corals, sea turtles, stingrays. There’s a good reason for that: In the waters off the Florida Keys sits the Florida Reef, the third-largest coral…
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By Steve Winston There’s a place on the Southwest Coast of Florida, deep in the 10,000 Islands area of the Everglades, where it’s still the 19th Century. It's called the Rod & Gun Club in Everglades City. Here, you’ll pass mile after mile of uninhabited wilderness – except for Florida panthers…
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By Jodi Mailander Farrell The wide, hard-packed sand of the beaches around Daytona Beach drew their first hot-rod races more than a century ago, when the area became the nation’s premier spot to pursue the land speed record. Today, the city is home to the most prestigious race in NASCAR, but…
Read MoreBy Lauren Tjaden Planning a visit to Miami with your toddlers, tweens and teens? Discover kid-friendly things to do in Miami, and the most fun places to stay and eat in this handy guide. Here are some family-friendly adventures, activities and experiences in the Magic City that are bound to please…
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