Skip to content
All standing files
South — Operating filings

Standing files in Florida

Florida keeps 39 dossiers on places still working — the legend rides alongside the day job. A hotel, a theater, a lighthouse can carry a haunting reputation and a full schedule at once; the filing records what is claimed about the ground, not what the staff will tell you at the desk. Check hours and seasons before you go — the record is not a timetable.

39 dossiers8 counties covered97% 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→
Historic Mansion
Medium

Villa Paula

Miami, Florida

1926 Cuban-consulate mansion with a scent-of-roses ghost.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Don CeSar

St. Pete Beach, Florida

The pink palace of St. Pete Beach—Gatsby-era resort with a founder’s ghost.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Theater
Medium

Tampa Theatre

Tampa, Florida

An indexed operator excerpt describes alleged spirits of employees and patrons.

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→
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→
Site
Medium

Ocoee

Ocoee, Florida

November 2-3, 1920—the Election Day massacre.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Historic Site
Medium

Fort Pickens

Pensacola Beach, Florida

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cultural Center
Medium

Thomas Center

Gainesville, Florida

1910 hotel-turned-cultural-center with a Red Room ghost.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Freedom Tower

Miami, Florida

The "Ellis Island of the South"—where the Cubans were processed.

1 claim→
Historic Site
Medium

Fort Jefferson National Monument

Dry Tortugas, Florida

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

Key Biscayne, Florida

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Fort Mose

St. Augustine, Florida

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Angola Maroon Community

Bradenton, Florida

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Negro Fort

Sumatra, Florida

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Castillo

St. Augustine, Florida

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Barrancas (Gulf Islands National Seashore, NPS)

Pensacola, Florida

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Pensacola Pass

Pensacola, Florida

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Marianna Expedition on Santa Rosa Island

Pensacola, Florida

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Timucuan Preserve's Freedom Seeking Stories

Jacksonville, Florida

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→

Full Florida record → state index· Every operating filing → status shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive