Florida Stories Community Walking Tours
Listen, these streets
have stories to tell.
Learn the history of some of Florida’s most unique cities and communities. Our free walking tour app, “Florida Stories,” can be downloaded for all iOS and Android devices or viewed on our web app.
Watch this short video from Visit Florida to learn more about Florida Stories.
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.
Below is a sneak peek at some of our tour stops!
Educators
Looking for ways to share digital content with your students, check out the Florida Stories Web App. With the web app sharing content is as easy as sharing a link. Click here to check it out!
Charming Stroll Off
the Beaten Path
Step back in time to an era unhurried and peaceful. This narrow Beach Trail is almost how it looked in the early days with the scattering of crushed shell for the road.
Indian Rocks Beach Trail Cottages
Florida Stories: Indian Rocks Beach Trail Cottages
Little Haiti Cultural Center/
Caribbean Market Place
The Little Haiti Cultural Complex is a hub for civic engagement. In addition, the Caribbean Marketplace is also the official Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Cultural Center
Florida Stories: Little Haiti
Boca Grande
Railroad Depot
This is the center of the town of Boca Grande where people have always met to meet the train, shop at the Mercantile or Fugates and more recently to get their mail.
Boca Grande Railroad Depot
Florida Stories: Boca Grande
British Government House
Florida Stories: Pensacola
Originally intended to serve the British governor, the Government House became Pensacola’s first city hall, where all functions of civil government took place. The Garrison Kitchen and mess house for the British garrison were located nearby.
British Government House
Florida Stories: Pensacola
SV Governor Stone
Florida Stories: St. Andrews
Built in 1877 this is the last known surviving Gulf Coast Schooner. It was the “pickup truck” of its day, as travel by boat was much easier than over the sand and swamps of the Gulf Coast. It is a National Historic Landmark today.
SV Governor Stone
Florida Stories: St. Andrews
Florida Historic Capitol
Florida Stories: Tallahassee
The Florida Historic Capitol Museum serves to illuminate connections between the people of Florida and their political institutions through programs of civic education, historic interpretation, and preservation.
Florida Historic Capitol
Florida Stories: Tallahassee
Zora Neale Hurston’s Home
Fort Pierce
In a small quaint bungalow style home directly across from Lincoln Park Academy, Zora often retreated to hear home office to write and catch up on reading.
Zora Neale Hurston’s Home
Florida Stories: Fort Pierce, Lincoln Park
Broward's First Downtown
Fort Lauderdale
The story of Flagler and Brickell continue as we visit the street where the train station was located. It was the city’s first main street and most prestigious address through the 1920’s.
Broward's First Downtown
Florida Stories: Fort Lauderdale
Custom House
Key West
The historic Custom House is home to the Key West Art and Historical Society featuring exhibitions on Florida Keys history, art, people, and the events that shaped Key West.
Custom House
Florida Stories: Key West
Bridge Street Marches
St. Augustine
On a night more than fifty years ago hundreds had been at a meeting at the St. Paul’s AME Church. It is late as you start toward the Plaza following the path of civil rights demonstrators from 1964.
Bridge Street Marches
Florida Stories: Lincolnville
Plaza de la Constitución
St. Augustine
Welcome to the heart of Spanish St. Augustine. You are standing in historic footsteps of the colonists who came ashore those many centuries ago. If it were 1578, your feet would be wet.
Plaza de la Constitución
Florida Stories: Spanish Colonial Florida
Historic Train Depot
Fernandina Beach
This historic train depot serves as a welcome center for visitors to Fernandina Beach but in May of 1777 this was the site of a second failed attempt to invade East FL during the Revolutionary War.
Historic Train Depot
Florida Stories: Fernandina Beach
José Martí Park
Ybor City
You are now standing in front of the only plot of land in the United States owned by Cuba! By walking into Martí Park you are traveling to Cuba without a passport.
José Martí Park
Florida Stories: José Martí Trail
City Hall and a mural
St. Petersburg
Learn about the history and architecture of St. Petersburg’s city hall and the painting in the Hall that many thought was inappropriate for a city struggling to get past its segregated history.
City Hall and a mural
Florida Stories: St. Petersburg
Historic Polk County Courthouse
Bartow
The third courthouse on this site, the original building looked much different from what you see today. The “Neo-classical” style building opened in 1909 and is currently the History Center.
Historic Polk County Courthouse
Florida Stories: Bartow
Walking Tours Currently Available
Apalachicola – The Hill
Bartow
Boca Grande
Bradenton (Old Manatee)
DeFuniak Springs
DeLand
Eau Gallie
Fernandina Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Myers: Dunbar
Fort Pierce
Fort Pierce – Lincoln Park
Indian Key
Indian Rocks Beach
Islamorada
Key West
Lake Mary
Lake Wales
Miami (Downtown)
Miami (Little Haiti)
New Smyrna Beach
Ormond Beach
Pensacola
Phillippi Estate Park
Safety Harbor
St. Andrews
St. Augustine – Colonial Florida
St. Augustine – Flagler College
St. Augustine – Gilded Age
St. Augustine – Lincolnville
St. Augustine – South of the Plaza
St. Petersburg
Tallahassee
Tarpon Springs
Virginia Key Beach
Ybor City

Note: If you are downloading the Florida Stories app be advised that download times vary based on your connection.
If you need help downloading the app, please contact Lisa Lennox at [email protected].
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