Orman House Historic State Park in Apalachicola, Florida

The Orman House, was the home of Thomas Orman, a cotton merchant and businessman in Apalachicola from 1834 to the 1880s. Mr. Orman helped this tiny town become one of the Gulf of Mexico's most important cotton exporting ports during the mid-19th century.

The house was built in 1838, and was used for both business and social gatherings.

The Orman House is one of the most beautiful antebellum homes on the Florida Gulf Coast; 

is beautifully furnished and shows the history of Apalachicola in the early settlement days.

Misssion San Luis in Tallahassee, Florida

Mission San Luis - Spanish colonists located their western capital and Catholic mission in 1656 

at an Apalachee Indian village in the Tallahassee Red Hills.

It was a place where Apalachee Indians and Spaniards lived together.

Mission San Luis was abandoned by their residents in 1704 after a British invasion.

Alfred B.Maclay Gardens - state park in Tallahassee, Florida

 

The gardens at Maclay State Park are so beautiful!

The gardens began when the NY financier Alfred B. Maclay and his wife Louise purchased the property with an hunting lodge for their winter home. It was in 1923 when this beautiful ornamental gardens were first planted.

 In February, the gardens are in full bloom with beautiful flowering shrubs.