• Sandy beach and dunes in Amelia Island, FL

    Boneyard Beach: The Hauntingly Beautiful Shoreline at Big Talbot Island

    Have You Ever Walked a Beach That Looks Like It's Made of Bones? The sand here is scattered with what look like the ribs of something enormous. Bleached gray-white trunks and branches lie half-buried at every angle, smoothed by salt and sun until they look almost polished. The tide slides in around

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  • Alligator in the water in St. Augustine, FL

    Why Anastasia State Park Is St. Augustine's Best-Kept Secret

    Ever Wonder Where St. Augustine Locals Actually Go to the Beach? You cross the Bridge of Lions, and the traffic noise falls away behind you. The road narrows under a canopy of live oaks, and then the dunes open up and there it is: a long stretch of pale coquina sand with almost no one on it. Sea oat

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  • Barrels on a rack at a local distillery in St. Augustine, FL

    The Diner Breakfast: Where the First Coast Still Does Mornings Right

    When did you last sit at a counter and let somebody call you hon? It is six-forty in the morning and the parking lot is already two-thirds full, which is the first thing you notice and the thing that tells you everything. Pickup trucks with ladder racks. A sedan with a fishing rod in the back window

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