5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (489+ words) Upper Chimney Top Falls hides in the Right Fork valley, 3.5 miles roundtrip from the backpackers lot. The route stays off-trail. No markers. Heavy brush guards the approach. You cross the creek multiple times, climb over boulders, duck under cliff overhangs....

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (862+ words) Cedar Key's waterfront fills by 9am most mornings. Gift shops open for day-trippers. Parking meters blink green. Restaurant reservations book 48 hours ahead. Ninety minutes south on US-19, Steinhatchee's river mouth shows fog lifting over empty docks where fishing boats unload redfish…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (648+ words) Glass-bottom boat tours began here in 1878, making this Florida's oldest tourist attraction. The massive headspring boils up from depths exceeding 100 feet, creating turquoise pools visible from 20 feet above. Wild rhesus macaque monkeys (descendants of 1930s Tarzan film props) roam Ross Allen…...