Although it's the state nickname, describing Florida as just The Sunshine State is like calling Katie Couric "perky." Sure, it's true, but not all the time--and it doesn't nearly begin to describe the state's other marketable assets. There's a lot more to the state than just sunshine--which, by the way, isn't even a 24/7 given; it does rain here. Weather aside, choosing the...
Code Orange Best-selling novelist and serial muckraker Carl Hiaasen is mad as hell about what they're doing to Florida. His revenge? Vicious mockery of Sunshine State sleazeballs and greedy eco-thugs. An equally pissed-off Bob Shacochis tags along for a day of fantasy bonefishing and literary whup-ass. Source: Outside
Treasure Island An innovative platform brings Spanish shipwrech spoils to intrepid divers in the Florida Keys Source: Outside
Hotel Oceana An innovative dive outfitter lays plans to build a futuristic platform resort—right next to the reef Source: Outside
Deep Transmissions Armed with a revolutionary new tracking device, cave divers map threats to Florida's main water source Source: Outside
Without a Paddle Journey with us through the watery heart of the largest subtropical wetlands in America: the Everglades. Why? Because it's there—or used to be. Source: Outside
Down Under Florida Snorkel or dive in a state filled with springs, amidst manatees, limestone caves, and the clearest water this side of Clearwater.
The Queen of Palm Beach Florida's "Whitehall" Mansion Serves as a Museum, and as a Monument to Money and One Last Romance.
House of Hemingway Key West's favorite novelist and a little something to remember him by . . .
Water Worlds Start underneath the shadow of the mouse's giant ears, then flee the amusement park mania by heading to the seldom-experienced, truly unique aquatic wonders of Central Florida, the Panhandle, and state's Big Bend.
Down Under in Florida From Miami's sun-splattered hedonism to the otherworldly realms of Everglades and Collier-Seminole national parks to the string of islands dangling like a row of pearls off Florida’s tip, this road trip will take you and your car-camping brood to the best of the Sunshine State.
