The Lost Community Behind Florida’s Secret Waterfall

Tannin-stained water cascading over the limestone ledge at Falling Creek Falls near Lake City, Florida.

Florida is not exactly a state known for waterfalls. We have springs that glow blue beneath the trees. Rivers darkened by tannins. Sinkholes, caves, wetlands, beaches, and enough swamps to keep an alligator comfortably employed for the foreseeable future. But waterfalls? Those are a little harder to come by. So when our travels brought us … Read more