Experience a unique slice of Floridian life.

The development of Seminole County began around the scenic 342-mile St. Johns River, a major artery into Central Florida from the East Coast. Today, evidence of Florida’s wilderness beginnings, prehistoric Native American culture, early speculators and settlers, Civil War citizens, and heyday as a bustling rail and steamboat hub have been carefully preserved. You can explore numerous museums that paint a remarkable picture of this colorful past. Or step back in time with a walking tour of hundreds of buildings listed on the national Historic register in Sanford and Longwood. You can even stay in one of these homes that serves as an inn, such as the Higgins House Bed & Breakfast, and experience gracious Victorian living just as it was, complete with high tea on the upstairs veranda. Other historical diversions include a game of baseball at the historic Sanford Stadium, or combine a picnic in the park with a visit to The Senator, a 3,500 year-old Bald Cypress tree and the county’s oldest living citizen.