15 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
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Sanford Residential Historic District
· 0.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Take a drive through the Sanford Residential Historic District and you'll be transported back in time, admiring the architecture of a bygone era. Designated a U.S. Historic District on December 15th, 1989, this area is…
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Sanford Commercial District
· 0.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here for a minute – this is the heart of old Sanford! This Commercial District tells a story of boom and bust, and a city trying to reinvent itself.Designated a U.S. Historic District in 1976, the Sanford…
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DeBary Hall
· 5.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine escaping the hustle and bustle of the Gilded Age in a grand hunting retreat right here in Florida. That's exactly what Frederick DeBary, a successful wine importer, did when he built DeBary Hall. In 1871,…
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Mount Taylor (Florida)
· 5.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over for a second and imagine a world without pottery. Here, near what we now call Mount Taylor, you're standing on the edge of a time when people lived right here in Florida, long before ceramics were part of…
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Twin Mounds Archeological District
· 9.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine ceremonies echoing through the trees, right here along the Wekiva River. The Twin Mounds Archeological District holds secrets of Florida's early inhabitants. These mounds, now known as Wekiva 7 and Wekiva 8,…
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Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp
· 9.2 mi · Historical Marker
A community of psychics and mediums in Volusia County, one of the oldest active Spiritualist communities in the United States.
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Louis P. Thursby House
· 10.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine a life fueled by the St. Johns River, where steamboats were your highway and oranges, your gold. That was life for Louis P. Thursby. In 1856, Thursby and his family settled right here, on the inlet to Blue…
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Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Historic District
· 11.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Prepare to enter a place unlike any other, a town deliberately built for communing with spirits. In 1894, George Colby, a prominent spiritualist from New York, followed what he said were spirit guides to this very spot.…
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John B. Stetson House
· 15.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Step inside the opulent Stetson Mansion, built by the cowboy hat tycoon, and marvel at its Victorian architecture and fascinating history. In 1886, John B. Stetson, the inventor of the iconic cowboy hat, commissioned…
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Rosemere Historic District
· 17.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Take a look around – this isn't just another pretty neighborhood; it's Rosemere, a carefully planned piece of Orlando's past. Rosemere began taking shape in the early 1900s, designed with wide, tree-lined streets and a…
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Chief Master at Arms House
· 17.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here for a second; this unassuming building played a small but important role in training Navy pilots during World War II. This is the former Chief Master at Arms House for the DeLand Naval Air Station. During…
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Jack Kerouac House
· 17.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here and you're standing near a place where literary history was made! This unassuming house was once home to Jack Kerouac, one of the leading voices of the Beat Generation. Kerouac lived in this house in…
