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Early Maps of Florida

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Tampa’s historic cemeteries: The lives before us

Beneath the sandy soil in Tampa’s cemeteries lie thousands of people who knew this city before we did. They worked in its factories, raised children in its neighborhoods and buried...

The 1921 Tampa Bay hurricane: then and now

For Tampa residents, a hurricane begins affecting daily life before its wind reaches the bay. In 1921, warnings arrived through telegraph lines and the morning newspaper. Today, forecasts...

3 Tampa landmarks and their local legends

Mysterious faces in hotel windows, a figure in military uniform and a special movie theater seat visited by an apparition in a fedora. Legend has it that music and laughter can be heard...