Tucked between the tall pines of northern Florida lies a quiet clearing that once thundered with cannon fire. Olustee Battlefield State Park isn’t just a preserved slice of Civil War history—it’s a place where memory lingers in the soil and stories still rise with the morning mist. Dusty and I had tried to visit once … Read more
“Not all ruins crumble. Some rise—layered in silence, crowned with moss, and waiting for someone to listen.” — Echo Forget the textbook version of history. Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park isn’t just a quiet patch of greenery in Tallahassee—it’s a portal—a breath of time thick with ceremony, legacy, and the untold rhythms of a … Read more
Some ghost towns whisper. Capulet hums a line of poetry and then disappears behind the trees. Tucked somewhere between a forgotten crossroad and a memory, Capulet and her sister town, Montague, aren’t rivals in a Florida version of Romeo and Juliet. No tragic balcony scenes here. Just two little communities breathing the same pine-sweet air—named, curiously enough, … Read more