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The houses on Water Street, Edgartown, rival Nantucket's in classic elegance if not in rigid consistency of style and materials.

Travel to Nantucket to discover the women behind the whalers who inspired ‘Moby-Dick’

August 5, 2021 at 11:55 a.m.

Whoever said, "Behind every great man, there's a great woman," understood Nantucket, Massachusetts. While men spent years pursuing whales whose oil lubricated the nascent industrial revolution, women kept the island...

Watch candy canes come to be at this sweet spot in Tallahassee, Fla.

December 4, 2019 at 3:01 a.m.

Every holiday season in this college town, confectioner Greg Cohen cranks out thousands of candy canes the old-fashioned way. "I'm one of the few people under 80 who knows how...

The Stuart Heritage Museum is in a 1901 building that operated as Stuart Feed Store until the late 1980s, when the city bought it. The museum is open seven days a week with free admission.

Old Florida is alive and well in sunny Stuart, where the past won’t be forgotten

November 1, 2019 at 10:08 a.m.

It's no secret that the suddenly single are vulnerable to rebound romances. Even the newly divorced Ralph Evinrude, a captain of industry, found himself susceptible. Who could blame him? The...

A renovated apple barn from the 1920s doubles as a tasting room for Appalachian Ridge Artisan Hard Cider in Hendersonville.

An Appalachian Eden for apples thrives in North Carolina’s Henderson County

October 9, 2019 at 11:08 a.m.

When Eve risked plucking that first apple, it didn't turn out so well. But when farmers in Henderson County, North Carolina, risked their livelihood on apples, they created a veritable...

A crowd gathers on the lawn at the Lodge at Wakulla Springs during last year's Swift Night Out at Wakulla Springs State Park outside Tallahassee, Fla.

Spiraling swifts put on seasonal show at Florida state park

August 23, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

In the gathering dusk of late summer, a crowd stares expectantly at the skies above Wakulla Springs State Park. Just 16 miles from downtown Tallahassee, the 6,000-acre wilderness sanctuary is...

Bradfordville Blues Club patrons eat fried catfish and hang out under the stars by a bonfire. Bonfires have been built in this spot since the 1880s.

Florida juke joint a living time capsule of blues history

August 23, 2019 at 5:11 p.m.

For a bluesman, Lil’ Ed Williams looks mighty cheerful. His silver fez and million-watt smile sparkle in the neon aura of the Bradfordville Blues Club, a rural outpost of musical...

A seaplane lands on Lake Dora in central Florida, where flightseeing is a fun way to take in the views from up above.

Jettison the jitters for ‘flightseeing’ thrills in Central Florida

May 12, 2019 at 1:03 p.m.

“Who wants to be the co-pilot?” Evan Frostman asks. Minutes earlier, Frostman, a pilot for Jones Brothers Air and Seaplane Adventures in the central Florida city of Tavares, had expertly...

Jettison the jitters for ‘flightseeing’ thrills in central Florida

August 23, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

“Who wants to be the co-pilot?” Evan Frostman asks. Minutes earlier, Frostman, a pilot for Jones Brothers Air and Seaplane Adventures in the central Florida city of Tavares, had expertly...

Among the 600 streams, springs, rivers and creeks in Ocala National Forest in north-central Florida is an unusual natural attraction. Salt Springs bubbles up from vertical fissures deep underground that produce water laced with potassium, magnesium and sodium. <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/os-exfl-central-outdoors-ocala-20150517-story.html" target="_blank">Read more</a>.

Explore Florida’s Jefferson County: Monticello a welcome detour from life in the fast lane

May 12, 2019 at 9:45 a.m.

There's a whiff of wisteria on the breeze as you stroll past the antebellum homes and gracious gardens of Monticello. Pausing under a centuries-old oak, you admire sunlight filtering through...

Explore Florida’s Dixie County: Town of Suwannee defies the Digital Age

May 12, 2019 at 9:45 a.m.

"To get to my house, you drive through 53,000 acres of wildlife refuge and 23 miles off the main highway to where the road ends at the Gulf of Mexico,"...

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