Surfside in Florida

2 January 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Miami / South Florida Reading Time:  4 minutes

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© panoramio.com – Gervacio Rosales/cc-by-3.0

Surfside is a town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Surfside is a primarily residential beachside community, with several multistory condominium buildings adjacent to Surfside Beach on the Atlantic Ocean. The town is bordered on the south by the North Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, on the north by Bal Harbour, on the west by Biscayne Bay, and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. It also serves as part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 5,689 as of the 2020 census.   read more…

HistoryMiami Museum in Florida

6 August 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Miami / South Florida, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  7 minutes

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© flickr.com – Phillip Pessar/cc-by-2.0

HistoryMiami Museum, formerly known as the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, is a museum located in Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. HistoryMiami Museum is the largest history museum in the State of Florida. HistoryMiami houses four permanent galleries and up to three traveling exhibits, Archives and Research Center, the South Florida Folklife Center, the Education Center, and City Tours program.   read more…

Miami River in Florida

1 July 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Miami / South Florida Reading Time:  9 minutes

Mouth of Miami River © Marc Averette/cc-by-3.0

Mouth of Miami River © Marc Averette/cc-by-3.0

The Miami River is a river in the U.S. state of Florida that drains out of the Everglades and runs through the city of Miami, including Downtown. The 5.5-mile (8.9 km) long river flows from the terminus of the Miami Canal at Miami International Airport to Biscayne Bay. It was originally a natural river inhabited at its mouth by the Tequesta Native Americans, but it was dredged and is now polluted throughout its route through Miami-Dade County. The mouth of the river is home to the Port of Miami and many other businesses whose pressure to maintain it has helped to improve the river’s condition.   read more…

Collins Waterfront Architectural District in Miami Beach

3 March 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Architecture, Miami / South Florida Reading Time:  3 minutes

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Faena Complex Building © Daniel Di Palma/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Collins Waterfront Architectural District is a historic district in Miami Beach, Florida, that includes 110 contributing buildings and structures built in the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, centering on Collins Avenue. The predominant styles include moderne, Art Deco and Mediterranean Revival architecture, as well as the local Miami Modern style. The chief contributing resources are large resort hotels. The district is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, and by 24th Street, Indian Creek Drive, Pine Tree Drive and the Collins Canal. The district is part of Mid-Beach.   read more…

Casa Casuarina in Miami Beach

22 February 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Hotels, Miami / South Florida Reading Time:  8 minutes

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© Vadelmavene/cc-by-sa-4.0

Casa Casuarina, also known as the Versace Mansion, is an American property built in 1930, renowned for being owned by and the place of the murder of the Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace; he lived there from 1992 until his death in 1997. It is located at 1116 Ocean Drive in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida, in the Miami Beach Architectural District. Since 2015, it has been adapted into and operates as a luxury boutique hotel known as The Villa Casa Casuarina.   read more…

Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation in Florida

27 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Miami / South Florida, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© Daniel Di Palma/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation is a Holocaust memorial at 1933-1945 Meridian Avenue, in Miami Beach, Florida.   read more…

70000 Tons of Metal

12 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Cruise Ships, Miami / South Florida Reading Time:  10 minutes

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© 70000 Tons of Metal Team

70000 Tons of Metal (officially stylized as 70000TONS OF METAL) is an annual heavy metal music festival that takes place on board a cruise ship. The event is a five-day festival, including one shore day at a select Caribbean destination.   read more…

Coconut Creek in South Florida, Butterfly Capital of the World

30 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Miami / South Florida Reading Time:  4 minutes

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© Faisal0926

Coconut Creek is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Situated 37 miles (60 km) north of Miami, it had an estimated population of 57,348 in 2022. It is part of South Florida‘s Miami metropolitan area. The city seceded from Pompano Beach in the 1960s. It is nicknamed “Butterfly Capital of the World” because it is home to Butterfly World, the world’s largest butterfly aviary, with over 80 species and 20,000 individual butterflies.   read more…

Upper Eastside in Miami

17 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Architecture, Miami / South Florida Reading Time:  19 minutes

Bay Shore Historic District © Pietro/cc-by-sa-3.0

Bay Shore Historic District © Pietro/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Upper Eastside (alternatively called East Side and commonly referred to as Northeast Miami) is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida. It is north of Edgewater, east of Little Haiti, south of the village of Miami Shores, and sits on Biscayne Bay. In geographical order from south to north and east to west, it contains the subdivisions of Magnolia Park, Bay Point, Morningside, Bayside, Belle Meade, Shorecrest, and Palm Grove. The MiMo District along Biscayne Boulevard in the area is host to many art galleries, shops and restaurants.   read more…

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