Florida Spectacular
Take a weekly trip across Florida with authors Cathy Salustri and Rick Kilby and discover a side of Florida you never knew existed. From the scallops in Panhandle bays to the Hemingway cats in Key West, every week's a Florida adventure.
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Florida Spectacular
Episode 151: The Belleview Biltmore: Schrödinger's Hotel
Send us your Florida questions!
Rick and Cathy welcome Florida historian Joey Vars on the podcast to talk about Henry Plant's Belleview Biltmore hotel. Joey's the former staff historian for the hotel, now called the Belleview.
Links We Mentioned
Watch Joey's former tour of the Biltmore
Aerial view of Belleview Biltmore demolition [VIDEO]
Lost: Belleview Biltmore hotel
Buy a piece of the Belleview Biltmore at Schiller's Salvage
Giant Steps: The History of Morton F. Plant Hospital
Charlotte Douglas' It's About Time on Kindle
Secrets in the Shadows by Marina Malcolm (pen name of Charlotte Douglas)
Other Charlotte Douglas books still available
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