A Dream Frozen Overnight: The Lost Utopia of Masaryktown, Florida

Historic Masaryktown marker standing beside the former Masaryk Hotel, now a café, along U.S. 41 in Hernando County, Florida

The Stop I Should’ve Made Sooner There are places you pass so many times… they almost become invisible. For me, this was one of them. Along a stretch of U.S. 41 near Brooksville, there’s a small café with a historic marker out front. I must’ve driven past it dozens of times while living in the … Read more

Cedar Grove & Gaiter: The Quiet Heart of a Forgotten Florida

Cedar Grove Methodist Church

Down a winding dirt road west of Ocala, where the pavement disappears and cell service begins reconsidering its life choices, I went looking for a Florida ghost town called Gaiter. What I found was a little more complicated. Down a winding dirt road where GPS goes silent and the pines lean in like they know … Read more