• Seagull on the beach in Vilano Beach, FL

    Huguenot Memorial Park: Jacksonville Beach, Birds, and Waterfront Camping

    What Makes Huguenot Memorial Park Worth the Drive Up the Coast? The wind comes off the water first. Then you hear the gulls, a restless, scolding chorus that never quite settles. You walk past a roped-off patch of sand where somebody has clearly asked people to stay out, and you start to understand

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  • The Oldest House Museum in St. Augustine, FL

    Mission Nombre de Dios and the Great Cross: A Quiet Pilgrimage Through St. Augustine's Earliest Story

    Looking for a Peaceful Place in the Oldest City? The street noise fades as you turn onto a shaded drive lined with old trees. Ahead, a towering cross rises above the grounds, bright against the sky. You park and walk slowly along a path where the grass is green and the air smells faintly of salt. A

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  • Historic fort on a green lawn in St. Augustine, FL

    Castillo de San Marcos: Walking Inside America's Oldest Masonry Fort in St. Augustine

    Ever Stood Inside a Fort That Has Been There Since the 1600s? You cross the bridge over the moat and the air changes. The walls rise on both sides, pale and rough, studded with tiny shells. Your footsteps echo in the passage as you walk through the gate. Inside, the courtyard opens up under a wide b

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