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Pensacola, FL

Pensacola Lighthouse: Naval History and Coastal Legends

The lighthouse station developed after the United States took control of Florida, and the present tower reflects the strategic growth of Pensacola Bay and the nearby Navy yard.
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Historic place

St. Augustine, FL

Ponce de Leon Hotel and Flagler College Legends

Henry Flagler’s Hotel Ponce de Leon opened in 1888 as a Gilded Age resort designed by Carrère and Hastings and later became part of Flagler College.
Legend
Historic place

Key West, FL

Robert the Doll: History, Curse Legend & Fort East Martello Guide

Robert the Doll is a large handmade figure created around the beginning of the twentieth century and associated with Key West artist Robert Eugene Otto. The doll entered the Key West Art & Historical Society collection in 1994 and is displayed at Fort East Martello Museum. Stories that Robert moves, changes expression, or punishes disrespectful visitors belong to museum folklore and personal testimony, not verified paranormal evidence.
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Historic place

St. Augustine, FL

St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum

A working lighthouse and maritime museum where coastal history shares the bill with after-dark storytelling.
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Historic place

St. Augustine, FL

St. Francis Inn: St. Augustine History and Lily’s Legend

The inn occupies a historic property in St. Augustine’s residential fabric and operates as lodging rather than as an unrestricted museum.
Legend
Historic place

Pensacola, FL

St. Michael’s Cemetery: Colonial Pensacola Memory and Lore

The burial ground was in use by the mid-to-late eighteenth century and contains markers from Pensacola's Second Spanish Period onward, with thousands of marked and probable unmarked graves.
Legend
Historic place

St. Augustine, FL

Tolomato Cemetery: St. Augustine’s Catholic Burial Ground

Tolomato Cemetery preserves Catholic burial history across Spanish, British, and American St. Augustine and includes people from varied communities.
Legend

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