Apopka, Done Properly: Greenhouses, Springs and a Great Lake
Orange County’s second-largest city still grows the world’s houseplants — how to do Apopka well, from its 1859 Lodge and downtown cafés to the springs and lake at its edges.
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Day Trip
The Boggy Creek Edge: Where Meadow Woods Meets Wild Florida
North of the subdivisions, the houses stop and the Everglades headwaters begin — creek, swamp, ballfields at Southport, and an airboat run a short drive south.
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Maitland, Explained: Twenty-One Lakes, One Landmark and a Fort’s Borrowed Name
Incorporated in 1885 around a fort named for a captain who never visited, Maitland grew into a small city holding a National Historic Landmark, an Oscar-qualifying film festival and a raptor hospital. A local’s guide.
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Sanford, Done Properly: The River Town Orlando Forgot It Had
Brick streets rebuilt after an 1887 fire, a five-mile lakefront trail, a German beer hall and a zoo that glows after dark — how to do Sanford slowly and well.
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Winter Park, Done Properly: A Local’s Guide to Orlando’s Prettiest Town
One walkable avenue, two main streets, a chain of lakes and a world-class museum — how to do Winter Park slowly and well, from first coffee to last dinner.
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