The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, the strongest to hit the U.S., devastated Florida's Upper Keys, causing over 400 deaths and significant destruction.
Tom Petty, an iconic musician, hailed from Gainesville, Florida, and has left a lasting legacy in the Duckpond neighborhood.
Florida, not Plymouth Rock, was the site of the first Thanksgiving in America, occurring in St. Augustine 56 years earlier.
A Spanish ship carrying gold sank off the coast of St. George Island, Florida, in 1715, and the treasure remains undiscovered.
The Ancient Spanish Monastery in North Miami Beach, Florida, is the oldest building in the western hemisphere, originally constructed in Spain and reassembled in the U.S.
Florida has experienced several historical instances of freezing temperatures that significantly impacted the state.