Florida roadside attractions

The Road to Milledgeville: Baby Gators, Free Juice, and the Chaos of Old Florida

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Baby alligator resting on a rock inside a display tank at a Florida Citrus Center roadside attraction.

Some road trips begin with a carefully crafted itinerary. Others begin with free orange juice and a complete collapse of self-control. Our first dedicated trip to Milledgeville, Georgia, was supposed to be simple: leave Florida, make minimal stops, and get straight to the historic town that had been quietly calling us back ever since our … Read more

The Headless Giant: The Story of Brooksville’s Brontosaurus

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Featured image showing the unfinished Brooksville Brontosaurus along Lake Lindsey Road in Brooksville, Florida. The massive concrete dinosaur stands headless and hollow beside a rural roadside beneath a bright blue sky, surrounded by oak trees draped in Spanish moss.

Some roadside relics make perfect sense the moment you see them. Old gas stations. Weathered motels. Faded fruit stands slowly disappearing beside forgotten highways. And then there are the places that stop you mid-drive and leave your brain scrambling to catch up with what your eyes just witnessed. The Brooksville Brontosaurus is one of those … Read more