Florida

A few of our favorite holiday-named Southern locales that wear their yuletide spirit proudly

Celebrate the plant’s deep-rooted Florida history in Lake Placid

A classic Old Florida beach weekend

Not even Disney could manufacture this urban village’s brand of magic

Miami’s contribution to burger culture, the frita may not have gone national yet. But it should

Since first encountering an indigo snake as a boy, the author has been haunted by this all-but-extinct vestige of the Southern wild, once as much a part of the landscape as the longleaf pine. For fifty years he has walked the woods in search of an indigo, with an eye to the ground and, at long last, a little help from perhaps the only group in the world trying to save them

Though less well-known than their crab counterparts, soft-shell crawfish are a superb springtime delicacy

On the trail of an endangered species

Plug these detour-worthy destinations into your GPS

Benne seeds and chile-kicked chocolate raise the bar on a traditional party-time treat

Learn to make this classic cocktail of bourbon, bitters, and bubbles

For many Southerners, nothing goes quite as well with summer as a fresh grouper sandwich. But these days finding the real thing can be hit or miss

Instructors at Sandy Moret's Islamorada school share their most memorable moments

A growing group of golf classicists are swapping steel for hickory

A kicked-up version of the Tex-Mex staple

Escape to Florida’s Cape Sable peninsula

They’re big, they’re breeding, and they don’t belong. So to combat the invasive Burmese python, Florida officials invited all comers to take on the Everglades’ most notorious outlaws

The Pizza Bar serves up a slice of Old Florida

A coconut plantation turned private island resort in Islamorada, Florida

Carl Hiaasen has spent a lifetime railing against corrupt politicians and the wanton destruction of Florida’s natural riches. Along the way he’s become one of the country’s most successful novelists, not to mention one hell of a fly fisherman