Fort Pickens: The Haunted Sentinel of the Gulf

Sunlit brick walls of Fort Pickens on a clear, sunny day just before sunset.

The road to Pensacola crawled that morning. Dusty and I had already conquered every cup of coffee the truck could carry before we finally reached the causeway that led into Gulf Islands National Seashore. Traffic melted away as white dunes swallowed the skyline, and the Gulf turned the color of polished glass. Somewhere under a … Read more

Potter’s Wax Museum — St. Augustine, FL

Dim hallway inside the Chamber of Horrors.

Where Legends Live… and Sometimes Look Back There’s a quiet corner of St. Augustine where the past doesn’t just linger —it stares right at you.Unblinking.Perfectly still. Or so they say. Tucked into the old village is Potter’s Wax Museum, the first wax museum in the United States. From the outside, it looks harmless enough — … Read more