If you want an idea of what the Middle Ages of Florida souvenirs - the 1950s - were all about, go to any of today's beach or interstate gift shops. There you'll find plenty of flamingos, palms and ...

Hey, kids, the SUV’s loaded, and we’re ready to roll. But we’re not going to Universal or Disney World or Six Flags Over Who Knows Where. We’re hitting old-timey South Florida tourist haunts with ...

Lucky you, you're heading for a vacation in Southwest Florida, but unfortunately you can't bring along your friends and family. You may feel bad that while you're laying in the sun having fun on the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBSMiami) — Tinkerbelle's ship has come in, along with Mickey's ears and Cinderella's crown, and they'll all be docking at the Port of Jacksonville. Most people don't think much ...

LADY LAKE – On a short stretch of U.S. Highway 27, between Fruitland Park and Lady Lake, three souvenir and gift stores call to passing motorists with big colorful signs announcing shells, souvenirs ...

It’s the geography of Sanibel and Captiva, a pair of islands off Florida’s west coast near Fort Myers, that has made them a destination for gathering seashells. The islands jut west into the Gulf of ...

DAYTONA BEACH - It is Loraine Felcher's job to grasp the hidden forces that make Florida tourists choose a pickled shark over a gator claw back-scratcher, and to predict which souvenirs will sell big.

A sample of vintage Florida souvenirs and ephemera from current and previous Floridania Fest events. The upcoming Floridania Fest takes place at a new location in Sarasota in April 2025. [ Courtesy of ...

Aunt Matilda: Dear, tomorrow’s my last day of vacation, and I still haven’t gotten anything for the bridge club back home. They weren’t much impressed by the beach pebbles I picked up for them last ...