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.
Get more Florida goodness with greatfloridaroadtrip.com and rickkilby.com.
Florida Spectacular
Episode 200: What's So Secret About Florida?
Send us your Florida questions!
Josh Ginsberg, author of Secret Tampa Bay, Secret Orlando, Tampa Bay Scavenger, Oldest Tampa Bay — among others — joins the podcast to talk about his favorite hidden gems in Tampa Bay and Orlando. The trio talks about everything from the Wizard of Oz to taxidermied animals.
Links We Mentioned
Dysfunctional Grace (Ybor City)
Tiger Dust (Seminole Heights)
Wizard of Oz Museum (Cape Canaveral)
Ripley's world headquarters (Orlando)
Prometheus Esoterica in Winter Park
More info on Josh
SecretTampaBay.com
Books and Publications
Secret Tampa Bay: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure (Reedy Press)
Tampa Bay Scavenger (Reedy Press)Oldest Tampa Bay (Reedy Press)
Secret Orlando: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure (Reedy Press)
Haunted Orlando (Arcadia/The History Press)
Coming soon
The Ghostly Tales of Orlando (Arcadia)
Tales from the Dusty Tiger (Independent)
Amazing Florida (Reedy Press)
Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com.
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NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!
