Discover Florida’s Real History, Imagined Tales, and Quirky Adventures

Surreal vintage postcard-style illustration of Florida

Florida looks innocent on a map.
A long peninsula. A familiar shape. Easy to recognize, even by people who think Wyoming is a rumor.

But Florida is not a well-behaved state.

This is a place where history didn’t arrive politely. It wandered in. Drifted ashore. Took a wrong turn. Forgot why it came. Then stayed.

Welcome to Florida Unwritten.

The Real History (Stranger Than Fiction, Unfortunately True)

Florida’s past is stacked like a thrift store bookshelf.
Shell mounds are taller than office buildings.
Spanish explorers searching for fountains that did not want to be found.
Railroads were built into swamps with pure optimism and very little math.

This is where pirates, cattle ranchers, astronauts, citrus barons, and retirees all briefly overlapped and somehow didn’t cancel each other out.

The facts are real.
The outcomes are… questionable.

Retro illustration of early Florida

The Imagined Tales (Because Reality Needed Backup)

Some stories never made it into textbooks. Others probably shouldn’t have.

Florida Unwritten explores the spaces between facts. The what-ifs. The almosts. The legends that grew legs and wandered off into the heat.

Mermaids with poor swimming skills.
Alligators with better career planning than most humans.
Places that feel familiar until they suddenly don’t.

Not everything here is true.
But it’s all honest.

The Quirky Adventures (Where Florida Really Shines)

Florida is a living experiment in vibes.

Roadside attractions that refuse to explain themselves.
Towns that peaked in 1978 and decided that was enough.
Natural wonders that look peaceful right up until they aren’t.

We follow the odd routes. The side roads. The stories you overhear and then think about three days later.

If Florida has a personality, this is where it shows up uninvited.

Why Florida Unwritten Exists

Because Florida deserves better than headlines.
Because history is more interesting when it breathes.
Because the strange, the forgotten, and the half-remembered deserve a place to stretch out.

This isn’t a guidebook.
It’s not a lesson plan.
It’s a collection of stories that don’t behave, just like the state itself.

Pull up a chair. Wander a bit.

Stay Unwritten. Share the story.

— Earl Lee
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