August 17, 2026
Just off U.S. Route 1 in Palm Coast, the Florida Agricultural Legacy Learning Center, formerly known as the Florida Agricultural Museum, preserves a side of Florida history that can easily get overshadowed by beaches, theme parks, and palm trees. Spread across more than 400 acres, the museum brings Florida’s agricultural past to life through historic […]
August 17, 2026
Less than a mile east of U.S. Route 1 in St. Augustine, Fort Mose Historic State Park preserves a remarkable chapter of American history. In 1738, nearly four decades before the Declaration of Independence, formerly enslaved Africans established the first legally sanctioned free Black settlement in what would become the United States. Its full name […]
August 16, 2026
It’s not often that you find a place where you can take a friend or family member with special needs and spend a whole afternoon in a peaceful country setting surrounded by trees and horses. Right off Route 1 in Flagler Beach, Florida is the Whispering Meadows Ranch, where kids get to be Cowboys for […]
August 15, 2026
Most people today know Benjamin Franklin from his face on the $100 bill that honors his massive role as a Founding Father, diplomat, writer, scientist and thinker, even though he was never a United States President. His inventions include the lightning rod, bifocal glasses and the Franklin stove, but he also founded civic institutions such […]
August 13, 2026
A true matriarch is heading back to the wild kingdom this week, Timmy a 72-80-year-old 270 pound Loggerhead Turtle has already nested this season and has many more miles left to swim. Just last week they released Roxanne, an adult female that was rescued off the Florida Keys, where she was found entangled in a […]
August 11, 2026
To pedestrians passing the corner of Washington and School streets in Boston, it might seem just like another old brick structure, but for more than three centuries the Old Corner Bookstore has quietly witnessed the changing story of America. The building was erected in 1718 by apothecary Thomas Crease, after an earlier house on the […]
August 9, 2026
Way back in 1971 when Jimmy Buffett first came to Key West, the Fleming Street grocery store Fausto’s Food Palace had been around almost fifty years. As Buffett absorbed the everyday life of his adopted tropical island, he discovered where the locals went for groceries and a morning after cure. In Buffett’s 1976 album “Havana […]
August 8, 2026
While searching for the best Key Lime pie cupcakes on the island, we found a bakery that has made them their specialty. Escaping the Key Lime pie pan seems to be their goal here at Key West Cakes, as we opened the door there was a tall Key Lime pie layer cake with key lime […]
August 7, 2026
The morning sun glinted off the red-brick buildings of Princeton University as Alex adjusted his gown on the lawn beside Nassau Hall. Route 1 hummed faintly beyond the campus gates, the old highway that had carried generations to this place of stone and ivy on the East Coast. Four years earlier, he’d arrived wide-eyed from […]
August 6, 2026
I recently had lunch meeting with Peter Evans, the creator and owner of Route1Views, at Metro Diner in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, just off Route 1. Located near Neshaminy Mall, the AMC Neshaminy 24, and Cairn University, the restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The experience was fantastic. The food was delicious, the service was outstanding, and […]
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