Experience Florida In A Brand New Way!

"Florida Stories" transports you through the past and the present, step by step (or staying in place). Florida Stories tours are high-quality, packed with photos and rich audio that will open your eyes to many of Florida’s cities and towns in a way you’ve never experienced before. Florida Stories is a program of Florida Humanities supported with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. To start exploring, click on a Florida Stories walking tour below.
 

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On Our Phone App

Download the free Florida Stories app onto your phone and you will have access to our complete catalog of dozens of location tours. You will have directions to each stop, audio, video, and more!

On the Web

Our Florida Stories are also available over the web. If you would like to tour our catalog of Florida locations optimized for use with your web browser, simply scroll down to the tour of your choice below.

Support for Florida Stories

This free tour program has been made possible through grants and partnerships with community, statewide, and national organizations.
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Apalachicola - The Hill

Apalachicola – The Hill

The twelve stops on this tour will give you a sense of the hard-working, tightly-knit people who were proud to call "The Hill," Apalachicola’s African American community since the antebellum era, their home.

Bartow

Bartow

Walk: Bartow is a fun and engaging 12 stop walking tour produced by the Florida Humanities Council.

Boca Grande

Boca Grande

Boca Grande is unlike most of the islands in Charlotte Harbor because early in the twentieth century, it developed as an international port and a railroad town.

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Bradenton / Old Manatee

Old Manatee / Bradenton is a fun and engaging 12 stop walking tour produced by Florida Humanities.

Dade City

Dade City

Walk: Dade City is a fun and engaging walking/driving tour produced by Florida Humanities in collaboration with the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay.”

Defuniak Springs

DeFuniak Springs

Walk: DeFuniak Springs is a fun and engaging 12 stop walking tour produced by Florida Humanities.

DeLand

DeLand

Tour DeLand is a fun and engaging 12 stop walking tour produced by Florida Humanities.

Eau Gallie

Eau Gallie

Walk: Eau Gallie is a fun and engaging 12 stop walking tour produced by Florida Humanities.

Fernandina Beach

Fernandina Beach

Walk: Fernandina Beach is a fun and engaging 9 stop walking tour produced by Florida Humanities.

Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale has a lot to offer: miles of golden beaches, rare coral reefs, and a culture all its own. Walk: Fort Lauderdale is a fun and engaging 12 stop walking tour produced by Florida Humanities.

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Fort Myers / Dunbar

Florida Stories, Walk: Dunbar Cultural Landmarks is a fun and engaging 10 stop walking tour that explores the culture of the area.

Fort Pierce

Fort Pierce

Walk: Fort Pierce Cultural Landmarks is a fun and engaging 12 stop walking tour that explores the culture of the area.

Lincoln Park

Fort Pierce – Lincoln Park

Walk: Fort Pierce - Lincoln Park is a fun and engaging 12 stop walking tour that explores the culture of the area.

Indian Rocks Beach

Indian Rocks Beach

Tour Pinellas County's Indian Rocks Beach, a thriving community that has maintained much of its original character and supports a lively mixture of recreational activities.

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Islamorada

Take a stroll through a historic stretch of Islamorada and learn some amazing Florida Keys history. From the beginnings of the Overseas Highway to the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane that toppled Henry Flagler’s Over-Sea Railroad, the walking tour tells many stories.

Islamorada - Indian Key

Islamorada – Indian Key

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, 11-acre Indian Key is located in the Florida Keys.

Key West

Key West

Since its earliest days, people have come to the end of the Florida Keys island chain to fish, write, carouse, and rejuvenate. Take a stroll through historic Old Town Key West to find out more about the island's interesting history.

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Lake Mary

Enjoy an historic tour of Lake Mary, near Orlando. The picturesque town started as a village called Bent’s Station located on the north shore of Crystal Lake and Belle Fontaine.

Lake Wales

Lake Wales

Enjoy an 11-stop tour of Lake Wales, an historic town located in Polk County, Florida. The city of Lake Wales was established near the lake in 1911–1912, planned by the Lake Wales Land Company.

Manatee County

Manatee County

Take the tour! The Manatee County: Echoes of Freedom tour is an engaging 12 stop driving, walking, or browsing tour produced by Florida Humanities.

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Miami – Downtown

The Miami Downtown tour is a fun and engaging 12 stop walking tour produced by the Florida Humanities Council in partnership with Dade Heritage Trust, highlighting several of Miami's historic landmarks.

Miami - Little Haiti

Miami – Little Haiti

Florida Stories Walk: Little Haiti is a 12 stop walking tour produced by Florida Humanities in partnership with the Haitian Heritage Museum.

Mount Dora

Mount Dora

Walk: Mount Dora Historical Walking & Browsing Tour is a fun and engaging 13 stop walking tour produced by the Florida Humanities.

New Smyrna Beach

New Smyrna Beach

From its British Colonial beginning to thriving Florida boom town, join us as we explore 10 of New Smyrna Beach's most intriguing landmarks.

Ormond Beach

Ormond Beach

Once a playground for northern industrialists, by the dawn of the 20th Ormond Beach was a destination for pioneering automobile racers.

pensacola

Pensacola

Pensacola was first settled by the Spanish in 1559, predating the establishment of St. Augustine by six years, but was abandoned due to a hurricane.

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Phillippi Estate Park Sarasota

Phillippi Estate Park, located on the shores of Phillippi Creek, is a scenic, 60-acre natural area park south of downtown Sarasota and east of Siesta Key.

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Resilience of Sarasota County

Take the tour! The Sarasota Resilience tour is an engaging 12 stop driving, walking, or browsing tour produced by Florida Humanities.

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Safety Harbor

With roots back to the Tocobaga natives, Safety Harbor was home to Bailey’s Springs where mineral springs were advertised as healing waters.

St. Andrews

St. Andrews

Step through our local history, from the days of Native Americans to the present. Learn why inhabitants of each era have been drawn to St. Andrews.

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St. Augustine – Flagler College

Tour Flagler College is a fun and engaging 15 stop walking tour produced by Florida Humanities.

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St. Augustine Colonial Tour

Take a walking tour of colonial era St. Augustine, the oldest continually inhabited city in the United States.

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St. Augustine Gilded Age

The Florida Stories, Walk: St. Augustine, Gilded Age tour is an engaging 12 stop walking tour produced by Florida Humanities.

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St. Augustine Lincolnville Area

Settled by freed slaves after the Civil War, the Lincolnville Historic neighborhood played a pivotal role in the nation’s Civil Rights movement.

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St. Augustine South of the Plaza

Take a walking tour of colonial era St. Augustine, focusing on the area south of the main Plaza.

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St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg, long known as the “Sunshine City”, has a storied history as a popular tourist destination, having promoted itself for decades as the embodiment of the “Florida Dream.”

Tarpon Springs

Tarpon Springs

Take the tour! The Florida Stories, Walk: Tarpon Springs tour is an engaging 10 stop walking tour produced by Florida Humanities in partnership with the City of Tarpon Springs.

Wimauma

Wimauma

Take the tour! This driving/browsing tour invites you to explore Wimauma’s layered history, tracing the stories, struggles, and their enduring legacy.

Ybor City

Ybor City

Take the tour! The Ybor City tour is an engaging 12 stop walking tour produced by Florida Humanities in collaboration with the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay.