New waterfront swing tributes St. Petersburg's famous 'Green Benches'
The $20,000 prototype was paid for by the Majeed Foundation and provides a spectacular waterfront seat in a city that made sitting famous.
Family works to restore 120-year-old West Tampa cigar factory for wine company
West Tampa has a long history, and its become the new focus of the real estate boom. That's why Ted Boscaino and his family bought a 1908 cigar factory on North Albany Avenue.
New historic marker on Riverwalk will shine light on lynching victim, Tampa's dark past
Robert Johnson wasn’t famous in his day and his image is lost to time. Yet nearly 90 years after his body was found on the banks of the Hillsborough river, his name will be added alongside those of prominent city leaders memorialized along the Riverwalk.
New Plant Museum exhibit shares real stories of Rough Riders in Tampa
A new exhibit at the H.B. Plant Museum called "Stop the Presses! Fake News and the War of 1898" just opened. The exhibit is aiming to reveal the real stories.
Meet the 92-year-old woman behind TPA's logo, color-coded zones
Millions of passengers travel through Tampa International Airport every year and folks are able to easily find their way around thanks to Jane Davis Doggett.
Woman whose grandfather was lynched searching for descendants of Polk County lynching victims
Cars and trucks zip by the Peace River Bridge on State Road 60 just east of Bartow as Doris Moore-Bailey stands on the bank pondering the gruesome thought of lynchings that happened on that site.
500 years of Cuban stories on display at Tampa Bay History Center
Throughout history and into the present day, Cuba and the Cuban people have had a profound impact on Florida, especially Tampa. That history of Cuban struggle and triumph is now on display at the Tampa Bay History Center.
70-year-old St. Pete smokehouse prides itself in preparing Florida’s oldest cuisine
The aroma from Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish fills the air in Pasadena. The Bay Area smokes more than 250,000 pounds of fish a year.
The history of Cuban coffee: Cigar rollers on strike demanded café con leche upon return to work
Cuban people and cigar production came to Ybor City in the 1880s and good coffee came with them. It became so popular, when cigar rollers went on strike, they demanded to be allowed to drink café con leche at their desks.
'Food will win the war': Grouper's thrust into popularity during WWI
Grouper wasn't exactly what they call a "trash-fish," but not far off. It received its first push towards popularity in March 1917, on the eve of the United States entering World War I.
FOX 13's Kelly Ring announces retirement from television news after 37 years on-air in Tampa Bay
After an iconic 37-year career covering and reporting news in Tampa Bay, FOX 13’s Kelly Ring is announcing her retirement from television.
St. Petersburg Museum of History celebrates 100 years
The St. Petersburg Museum of History has been sharing the city's storied past for an entire century now.
For descendants of those buried at erased Black cemeteries, work never stops to honor ancestry
Several erased African American cemeteries were uncovered in Tampa Bay in the last few years, and the work to do right by those buried hasn’t stopped.
Once sold as 'colored property,' Carver City and Lincoln Gardens now golden real estate
World War II was winding down and at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, young, Black veterans faced segregation, but they also found opportunity in the government-subsidized properties of Lincoln Gardens and Carver City.
St. Petersburg plans for new Black history museum
On Tuesday, St. Petersburg's first Black mayor, Ken Welch kicked off Black History Month by raising the African American history flag over City Hall. Community leaders say they want a new museum to preserve that history.
The history of piracy is far from the experience of Gasparilla – but that's OK
Beads, feathers, comfortable shoes and fresh whiskey – all easy to find at the Gasparilla Pirate Invasion and Parade. For pirates in the 1700s, life was filthy, smelly, and very dangerous.
Tampa architect brings history of Lee Elementary into school's future as Tampa Heights Elementary
At first, you might think Tampa Heights Elementary is an old school -- and it is, but it's also brand new. It was nearly destroyed by a fire just after Hurricane Irma in 2017. Some believed the historic 1906 school was gone forever, but not everyone.
Home carrying legacy of Sarasota's first Black community to be relocated, transformed for cultural center
A home in Sarasota's Rosemary District will soon carry the legacy of the city’s first Black community. Plans are in the works to transform it into an African American cultural arts center and history museum, but first the home has to be relocated.
100 years after founding of Sarasota's Newtown community, first bank opens its doors
After playing football in the NFL, Carlos Yancy returned home to the Newtown. Now he's working to better his community with First Home Bank – the town's first bank since it was established in 1914.
Aerial photographs showing Tampa's changing landscape donated to History Center
The work of late Tampa pilot and photographer Bill Morris gives a view of Tampa’s transformations through time. Many saw his aerial photographs in the pages of the Tampa Tribune, but now his work will live on for generations at the Tampa Bay History Center.