Bonnet House Museum & Gardens Celebrates its Centennial in 2020
One of South Florida’s Oldest Homes Celebrates its 100th Anniversary Bonnet House Museum & Gardens, an eclectic 1920s winter retreat that became a popular tourist destination in South Florida, celebrates its Centennial in 2020 with a yearlong events calendar. The 35-acre subtropical estate in east Fort Lauderdale resides on what is one of the last […]
The Dali Museum, An Architecture & Art Tourism Must-See
In downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, lies a futuristic glass and concrete structure that looms large over the waterfront dotted with docked sailboats. This architectural oddity is an attraction inspired by its the contents, the surrealist works of Salvador Dali. The Dali museum is designed by architect Yann Weymouth of HOK, combining “the rational with […]
Florida Southern College’s Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture
An Architecture Tourism Must-See Site On land that was once an orange grove in Central Florida, sits the world’s largest single-site collection of structures designed by famed modernist architect Frank Lloyd Wright. I recently toured Florida Southern College, a steward of Wright’s architectural legacy, where 13 buildings he designed comprise the majority of campus. The story of […]