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“The World’s Smallest Police Station”

By Michael Warren

Carabelle Police Station

CARRABELLE, FL — If you’ve got trouble in Carrabelle, Florida, just dial 3691. That’s the number for a blue phone booth on the main drag that is the world’s smallest police station. The phone booth is shaded by a shiny berry tree, and there’s a park bench in front where policemen can keep an eye […]

Filed Under: Florida Day Trips, Florida History Tagged With: carrabelle, Police Station

Wakulla Springs – Nature & History Preserved in Tallahassee

By Michael Warren

Wakulla Springs

At Wakulla Springs, Florida’s mysterious, primordial beauty has been preserved in a rustic, 1940s-era setting. The place has always been a tourist attraction, but commercialism is kept a minimum. Financier Edward Ball built a Spanish-style lodge and resort here in 1937, and it’s now operated as Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park. All along, the […]

Filed Under: Florida Day Trips, Florida Springs Tagged With: Florida Springs, wakulla

Where to Swim with Manatees

By Michael Warren

Manatees at Homosassa Springs

CRYSTAL RIVER, FL — Florida’s manatees may be endangered, but they’re not difficult to find. There are several ways to see a sea cow in central Florida. Crystal River Manatee Swimming Tours About 200 manatees (about 10 percent of the total manatee population) spend the winter in Crystal River. Here you will find the largest […]

Filed Under: Florida Day Trips, Florida Springs Tagged With: crystal river, Florida Springs, homosassa, manatee swims, manatees

Juniper Springs Wilderness Experience

By Michael Warren

Fern Hammock Springs on Juniper Run Trail

JUNIPER SPRINGS STATE PARK, FL — As the sun rises over the tall grass and scrub pines of Juniper Prairie Wilderness, lighting up the mist on Hidden Pond, the only sound is the gentle breeze in the trees and the occasional call of scrub jays or the echo of woodpeckers. Here in the nation’s southernmost […]

Filed Under: Florida Day Trips, Florida Springs, Ocala National Forest Tagged With: camping, canoeing, Florida Springs, hiking, juniper springs, kayaking, Ocala National Forest

Once Upon a Time at the “Theatre of Memory”

By Michael Warren

Back in the old days, the High Springs Opera House played host to countless itinerant vaudeville performers. They carted their trunks up the street from the rail depot, unpacked, then hopped the train again as soon as the curtain fell. Back then you could watch a silent movie in this place, or maybe quiver in […]

Filed Under: Florida History Tagged With: florida history, gainesville, high springs

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