Florida East Coast Railway in Flagler County
Modern Flagler County has a quiet relationship with the Florida East Coast Railway. Trains still rumble through Bunnell every day,...
The Strangest Things Ever Washed Up on Flagler County Beaches
The Atlantic Ocean is the world's longest-running delivery service, and Flagler County's 19 miles of coastline are one of its...
Hollywood Movies You Didn’t Know Were Filmed in Flagler
Most people who live in or visit Flagler County have no idea that this quiet stretch of Florida coastline has...
Marineland: Florida’s First Oceanarium Story
On June 23, 1938, more than 30,000 cars clogged Florida's State Road A1A south of St. Augustine to attend the...
Marco Polo Park: Bunnell’s Failed Theme Park
In December 1970, just ten months before Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, an ambitious group of investors broke ground...
What Was Animal Land? Palm Coast’s Forgotten Zoo
For a brief moment in the early 1960s, before Palm Coast existed and before Disney World transformed Florida tourism forever,...
Lost Towns of Flagler County: Espanola, Korona & More
Drive the back roads of Flagler County today and you'll mostly see the same things. Subdivisions. Strip centers. Pine forest....
ITT and Palm Coast: The Story of How a Corporation Built a Florida City
Most American cities are built by people. Farmers settle a river valley. Merchants set up shop along a railroad. Families...
Hurricane History of Flagler County, FL: A Complete Guide
Talk to anyone who has lived in Flagler County for a few decades and you'll eventually hear some version of...
The Founders of Palm Coast: Norman Young, Alan Smolen & Jim Canfield
Most American cities don't have founders in the literal sense. They grow up over centuries, accreting through a thousand small...
