Tour guide in striped prison costume standing under a wooden gallows at night, with a noose overhead and trees in the background.

Ghosts & Gravestones Tour: A Chilly Night of Laughs and Frights in St. Augustine

The Ghosts and Gravestones tour St Augustine promised laughs, frights, and a creepy trolley ride through the city’s haunted landmarks. Our Take: The Good, The Bad, The Not-So-Scary Bus Rating: 🚌 🚌 🚌 🚌 /5 We gave it four full buses. Not because it was scary—no ghosts, no orbs, not even a flickering light. But …

Wide shot of gnome-covered tree base with additional figurines scattered in the grass nearby.

The Holly Hill Gnome Tree

A Tiny World of Magic in Florida This whimsical little oddity wasn’t on the itinerary, but when we spotted a gnome-sized door at the base of a tree in Holly Hill, we couldn’t resist. It ended up being one of the most memorable detours on our Michigan-Bound Road Trip! Nestled along Riverside Drive in Holly …

Informational sign in a lush, wooded area titled 'Old Methuselah,' describing a cypress tree over 1,000 years old, spared during 1930s logging due to its hollow trunk, with dimensions including a 35-foot circumference and 100-foot height.

Meet Old Methuselah: Florida’s Ancient Cypress at DeLeon Springs

Meet the Ancient Cypress That’s Been Throwing Shade for Centuries If you’ve ever wanted to meet someone older than your entire family tree combined, may I introduce you to the Old Methuselah Tree—a bald cypress so ancient, he makes colonial landmarks look like toddlers. Nestled in the lush canopy of DeLeon Springs State Park, this …