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Apparitions filed in Florida

Florida files 33 dossiers under this claim — a visible figure, full or fleeting, reported by a witness. It is the most common shape a report takes in the archive, and the Florida shelf runs the same range as the national one: nameless shapes in hallways, figures identified across decades of separate sightings. The dossiers note who reported it and when; what was seen is left where the record leaves it.

33 dossiers0 counties covered82% open to visitorsKoreshan Unity Settlement — deepest file
Historic Settlement
Medium

Koreshan Unity Settlement

Estero, Florida

Surviving members transferred settlement land to Florida in 1961.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Tolomato Cemetery

St. Augustine, Florida

18th-century Minorcan cemetery—site of the 1877 death of a young boy playing in a vault.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Casa Monica

St. Augustine, Florida

The 1888 Moorish hotel—Flagler’s neighbor, revived.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Church
Medium

Cathedral Basilica

St. Augustine, Florida

The 1797 cathedral—America’s oldest Catholic parish.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Key West Cemetery

Key West, Florida

"I told you I was sick"—the 1847 cemetery at the island’s heart.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Fort
Medium

Fort Zachary Taylor

Key West, Florida

The 1866 fort that held the Union at the Confederacy’s edge.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Curry Mansion

Key West, Florida

The 1899 mansion of Florida’s first millionaire—still a family home.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Edison and Ford Estates

Fort Myers, Florida

The neighbors’ winter estates—Edison and Ford’s Florida.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Rosewood

Cedar Key, Florida

January 1923—the town erased from the map.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

The Vinoy Resort

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Pete’s pink 1925 resort—the salesman who leapt and the spirits of the Roaring Twenties.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Lighthouse
Medium

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse

Jupiter, Florida

The 1860 inlet light—Civil War darkening and a keeper’s ghost.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Fort
Medium

Castillo de San Marcos

St. Augustine, Florida

The 1672 coquina fortress—the oldest masonry fort in the U.S.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Ponce de León Hotel

St. Augustine, Florida

Flagler’s 1888 Spanish palace—now Flagler College.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fountain of Youth

St. Augustine, Florida

The 1513 landing park—the spring that made the legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Old Jail

St. Augustine, Florida

The 1891 jail built to look like a hotel—Pinkerton’s disguise.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

González-Alvarez House

St. Augustine, Florida

The "Oldest House"—St. Augustine’s oldest surviving dwelling.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Palace Saloon

Fernandina Beach, Florida

Florida’s oldest bar—1903, and the ship captains still drink.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Biltmore

Coral Gables, Florida

The 1926 tower hotel—the Fatty Arbuckle floor and the dead veteran.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Ernest Hemingway House

Key West, Florida

The 1851 house where Hemingway wrote—and the six-toed cats remain.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Captain Tony’s Saloon

Key West, Florida

The bar built around the hanging tree—the oldest saloon in the Keys.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Sloppy Joe’s

Key West, Florida

Hemingway’s bar—the 1933 original on Greene Street.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Ca’ d’Zan

Sarasota, Florida

The Ringlings’ Venetian palace on Sarasota Bay—1926.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Theater
Medium

Arcadia Opera House

Arcadia, Florida

The 1906 opera house—where the fire’s dead are said to watch.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Natural
Medium

Everglades

Homestead, Florida

The River of Grass—the sawgrass sea and the Skunk Ape’s country.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Fort
Medium

Fort Matanzas

St. Augustine, Florida

1742 coquina fort guarding the inlet where 245 Frenchmen were massacred.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Fort
Medium

Fort Clinch

Fernandina Beach, Florida

1847 Third System fort guarding the Amelia River—never finished, never tested.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Medium

Huguenot Cemetery

St. Augustine, Florida

1821 yellow-fever cemetery at the city gate.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Estate
Medium

Vizcaya

Miami, Florida

James Deering’s 1916 Italianate palace on Biscayne Bay.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic House
Low

Donnelly House

Mount Dora, Florida

Historic house associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hotel
Low

Cassadaga Hotel

Cassadaga, Florida

Hotel associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Versace Mansion (Casa Casuarina)

Miami Beach, Florida

The Ocean Drive mansion where Gianni Versace was shot on his steps.

1 claim→
Amusement Park
Medium

Disney’s River Country

Bay Lake, Florida

Disney’s first water park—abandoned for 18 years inside the resort.

1 claim→
Amusement Park
Medium

Discovery Island

Bay Lake, Florida

Disney’s abandoned animal island—closed 1999, still standing.

1 claim→

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