Homeland Heritage Park: Florida’s Forgotten Pioneer Town Is Perfectly Preserved

Historic white wooden Homeland Methodist Church with a tall steeple and Gothic-style windows beneath dramatic cloudy skies at Homeland Heritage Park in Polk County, Florida.

Hidden in Polk County, Florida, a collection of historic buildings preserves the stories of pioneer families, a nineteenth-century church, and a little schoolhouse that almost disappeared. There are places in Florida where history has been carefully restored, polished, and presented behind museum doors. And then there are places where you pull through an open gate, … Read more