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Our Sightseeing category provides a feast for the eyes. Why? Because most all of our selections are famous places that you can view and take pictures of to show everyone back home. Landmarks, sculptures, historic homes, historic districts, cemeteries, water fountains, and statues are just a hint of the sights we've selected.
Calhoun Street Historic District
Category: Sightseeing - Tallahassee Attractions & Activities
Address: Calhoun And Meridian Sts, Tallahassee, FL 32301
16 historic buildings and homes can be found in the 1830s “North Addition” to the City of Tallahassee. Attractions abound, from antebellum homes to the old oaks laden with Spanish moss that line the street, providing a unique characteristic to Tallahassee sightseeing. Only one house, the Brokaw-McDougall, is open to the public, but the detailed...
Category: Sightseeing - Tallahassee Attractions & Activities
Address: 700 N Adams St, Tallahassee, FL 32301
The first family of Florida resides in the Governor’s Mansion on North Adams Street. At this Tallahassee attraction, visitors can schedule a tour to see where special events, family life, and day-to-day Tallahassee activities have been carried out by past and present Florida governors. Stop to admire everything from the beautiful lawns and...
Lake Jackson Mounds State Archaeological Site
Category: Sightseeing - Tallahassee Attractions & Activities
Address: 3600 Indian Mounds Rd, Tallahassee, FL
This Tallahassee attraction was an ancient political and religious ceremonial center for Apalachee Indians centuries ago. The Apalachees constructed earth mounds which later became a part of Colonel Robert Butler’s plantation near Tallahassee. Sightseeing here is great on a nature trail walk, picnic in the grass, or climb up to a mound's top.
Category: Sightseeing - Tallahassee Attractions & Activities
Address: 400 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
Stop by the Old Capitol for a 30-minute tour at this Tallahassee landmark. As a strong, historical symbol of Florida politics, this Tallahassee sightseeing stop leaves visitors in awe of the architecture and celebrated heritage. View pictures, displays, recordings and artifacts that fill 21 elegantly decorated rooms. The Governor’s suite, Senate...
Old City Cemetery and Saint John's Cemetery
Category: Sightseeing - Tallahassee Attractions & Activities
Address: Call St, At Martin Luther King, Jr Blvd, Tallahassee, FL 32301
Old City and Saint John’s cemeteries possess several gravestones that have become major Tallahassee sightseeing spots. Leave your fears and superstitions at the gate and see why these are such popular Tallahassee attractions. Poetic epitaphs bear names of Confederate and Union soldiers, Florida politicians and governors, and African American...
Category: Sightseeing - Tallahassee Attractions & Activities
Address: Park Ave between Meridian St and Martin, Tallahassee, FL
From the Old City Cemetery on the west side to elegant historic houses in the east, sightseeing along Tallahassee's Park Avenue Historic District has it all. Nestled amid Martin Luther King Boulevard and Meridian Street, the so-called “Two-Hundred-Foot Street” displays many popular Tallahassee attractions like historic churches, the Knott House...
Category: Sightseeing - Tallahassee Attractions & Activities
Address: 1251 US Hwy 319 S, Thomasville, GA 31792
Go back in time to an era of grace at the Pebble Hill Plantation, which dates back to the nineteenth century. This Tallahassee attraction was gutted by fire in the 1930s and rebuilt for the Hana family by famed architect Abram Garfield, son of the 29th President. The spectacular interior is filled with priceless antiques, art, crystal and silver....
San Marcos de Apalache State Historic Site
Category: Sightseeing - Tallahassee Attractions & Activities
Address: 148 Old Fort Rd, off SR 363, St. Marks, FL 31355
This Tallahassee sightseeing destination is home to a 1679 fort constructed by a Spanish Governor. In 1718, Captain Jose Primo de Ribera arrived to begin on a second wooden fort. A stone fort, begun in 1739, was less than half completed when the site was delivered to the English in 1763 as a result of the war with Spain. A federal marine hospital...
Category: Sightseeing - Tallahassee Attractions & Activities
Address: 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32312
Tall Timbers Research Station is a popular Tallahassee attraction. Its continuous success in examining the effects of fire on wildlife and vegetation is notable along with their 108,000 acres of conserved land. While enjoying Tallahassee sightseeing, stop by the grounds of this distinguished center, which is recorded in the National Register of...
Category: Sightseeing - Tallahassee Attractions & Activities
Address: 100 N Duval St, Tallahassee, FL 32301
As the oldest house built in the city, The Columns is a prevalent stop on Tallahassee sightseeing tours. This long-standing brick beauty was built by banker William “Money” Williams. In opposition to its demolition, the Chamber of Commerce revamped the historic Tallahassee attraction as its office in the early 1970s. On your historic district...
