Faith & Footprints: Basilica Of St. Mary Star Of The Sea...
Key West is known for its warm weather, restaurants, live music and fishing; however, it’s also immersed in history and architecture. One notable historic...
Faith & Footprints: St. Michael’s Cathedral – Sitka, Alaska
Before Alaska became the 49th state in 1959, it was colonized by Russia. The Russians seemed fairly disinterested in Alaska as a whole, but...
Historical Writer Doris Weatherford Celebrates 100th Anniversary Of Women’s Right To...
Seffner resident Doris Weatherford is a renowned historical writer. Weatherford, who focuses on women’s history, has written a new book, Victory for the Vote:...
Empty Store Shelves: Then And Now As County Residents Face WWII...
By Charles Nelson
In the earliest weeks of this new COVID-19 world, empty shelves in stores and warnings of coming food shortages worried many Hillsborough...
Faith & Footprints: Basilica Of Notre-Dame-du-Cap
The Basilica of Notre-Dame-du-Cap, located halfway between Montreal and Quebec City, is one of Canada’s national shrines and is one of the most visited...
Faith & Footprints: Temppeliaukio Church – Helsinki, Finland
Excavated directly into solid rock, the unusual Temppeliaukio Church, also known as the Church of the Rock and Rock Church, is situated in the...
America’s Next Great Film Colony, 1925, Destined To Fail: Sun City’s...
By Charles Nelson
In April 1925, could you have been tempted to buy land and possibly live right next door to ‘America’s Sweetheart,’ Mary Pickford?...
Faith & Footprints: Panagia Kapnikarea – Athens, Greece
At the center of Athens on perhaps the busiest commercial street in the capital city, you will find one of the most important monuments...
The Bloomingdale School, First Teacher Training Site In Hillsborough County
By Charles Nelson
If you were pressed to name the location of the first teacher training school in Hillsborough County, would you answer: Bloomingdale?
The Bloomingdale...
Claiming Our History: The Legend Of John Ortiz, Little Manatee River...
By Charles Nelson
Legends have the power to entertain. In Southern Hillsborough County, Gulf City is the rumored mid-1600s stronghold of English pirate Ben Margoza...
