Places to Explore

• DeFuniak Springs

  This scenic spot has a rather unusual claim to fame: at its center lies a nearly perfectly symmetrical spring-fed lake, one of only two such naturally circular bodies of water in the world (the other is... (more)

• The Emerald Coast

  On U.S. 98, several towns, each with its own personality, are strung along the shoreline from Pensacola southeast to St. George Island. The side-by-side cities of Destin and Fort Walton Beach seemingly... (more)

• Falling Waters State Park

• Florida Caverns State Park

• Pensacola

  Historic Pensacola consists of three distinct districts—Seville, Palafox, and North Hill—though they are easy to explore as a unit. Stroll down streets mapped out by the British and renamed... (more)

• Pensacola Beach

  After Hurricane Opal tore across this skinny barrier island in 1995 the damaged areas were redeveloped, sand was brought in to fill the eroded beachfront, and beach facilities and parking were added to... (more)

• Tallahassee

  Tallahassee maintains a tranquility quite different from the sun-and-surf coastal towns. Tallahassee is Florida with a Southern accent. The only Southern capital spared in the Civil War, Tallahassee has... (more)