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The Jacksonville Landing is one of the city's budget attractions.

Check out budget options to explore Jacksonville

May 12, 2019 at 3:01 a.m.

Money is tight, so the time is always right for budget-conscious travel tips. Here are some low-dough options for a Jacksonville road trip, courtesy of the folks at VisitJacksonville.com: *Jacksonville...

Fans sit in the outfield berm to watch a MLB spring training game between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater.

The ritual returns: It’s time for baseball in Florida

May 12, 2019 at 3:01 a.m.

My old baseball buddy Leonard used to tell me that the best thing about going to the ballpark is that you never know what you might see. That's even more...

A Tree Nymph butterfly at the Butterfly Rainforest exhibit at the University of Florida on Saturday, February 19, 2011. This is one of thousands of butterlfies on display at the exhibit which is part of the renowned butterfly research division at UF.

Spring prime-time for butterflies at UF museum

May 12, 2019 at 3:01 a.m.

When I first began visiting the Florida Museum of Natural History with my kids in the mid-1990s, the buzz was all about dinosaurs and bones, topics of interest for little...

You don't need to be a NASCAR star such as Jeff Gordon to get a look at the track at Daytona International Speedway.

There’s more to like than speed in Daytona Beach

May 12, 2019 at 3:00 a.m.

Daytona Beach, of course, is all about speed. That's obviously the case Sunday, when the flag drops on the Daytona 500. Don't look around for me. As a longtime visitor...

The beaches in Pensacola are among the spring break attractions in the Panhandle.

Sun, fun, festivals in Pensacola for spring break

May 12, 2019 at 3:00 a.m.

Is it too early to plan for spring break? Well, spring baseball will be starting in a few weeks and Pensacola is already touting its options. This quickie overview is...

You can get up-close and personal with giraffes at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne.

See the animals, ride the rail at the Brevard Zoo

May 12, 2019 at 3:00 a.m.

"You won't look ridiculous." Always nice to hear, in this case from the woman selling me a ticket for the train ride at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne. When I...

A flight of pelicans makes its way north along Klondike Beach at Canaveral National Seashore.

NASA is only one of the attractions on Florida’s Space Coast

August 23, 2019 at 9:59 a.m.

With the future of manned NASA missions uncertain, diversions along the Space Coast of Central Florida are becoming less about space and more about the coast. Not to worry. Towns...

Museum of pirate lore a nice fit in St. Augustine

May 12, 2019 at 3:00 a.m.

In my younger days, I worked as a boat pilot at Walt Disney World, so it's impossible for me to look at any depiction of the high seas and not...

Dining at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort in St. Petersburg could be part of a romantic getaway in Florida.

In Florida, love can be a 4-letter word for travel

May 12, 2019 at 2:59 a.m.

Of all the excuses for a getaway, Valentine's Day is perhaps the easiest to justify. A couples weekend can work for both parties in the relationship: Together time, solitary time,...

Sunshine State music fests mix sound, scenery

May 12, 2019 at 2:58 a.m.

The weather has been occasionally inhospitable in the past month, at least by our wimpy Sunshine State standards, but soon it will be spring and there's no better time to...

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