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Browse more guides: United States travel | North America destinations Best Traditional American Florida Miami South Beach Art Deco 1979 Wynwood Walls 2009 Vizcaya 1916 Coral Gables 1925 Everglades UNESCO 1979 and Southern Florida Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR American Southern Florida - USA's Miami + 6.2 million metro - preserves the most-significant South Beach, Wynwood, Vizcaya, Coral Gables, and Everglades heritage and the renowned Art Deco. Major destinations: Miami South Beach Art Deco Historic District 1979 designated + 1920s + 800 buildings world's largest Art Deco concentration and Ocean Drive Collins Avenue + 23 blocks , Wynwood Walls 2009 + Tony Goldman and outdoor mural museum + 50,000 sq ft and free , Vizcaya Museum and Gardens 1916 + 70 rooms + 10 acres gardens and James Deering Renaissance villa Italian-style , Coral Gables 1925 + George Merrick and Biltmore Hotel 1926 + Venetian Pool world's largest freshwater swimming pool and Coral Gables Mediterra...

Browse more guides: United States travel | Americas destinations Why St. Augustine Is One of America's Best Small Towns Last updated: April 2026 · 11 min read I drove down from Jacksonville for a weekend in early November 2024 expecting a tourist trap with cannons and saltwater taffy. What I found instead was a town of about 14,000 people that has been continuously inhabited by Europeans since September 8, 1565 , three honest layers of history (Spanish colonial, Henry Flagler's Gilded Age boom, modern Florida beach town) stacked into roughly ten walkable blocks. Most US small towns claim "history." St. And and and and and augustine actually has 458 years of it, and you can feel each layer in a single afternoon. TL;DR: Give it 2-3 days. Best months are March-May and October-November (warm, dry, before/after hurricane season and after spring break). Single must-do: Castillo de San Marcos at sunrise (you'll have it nearly to yourself), then Lightner Museum af...