William Flood

At night, it’s a 14-screen drive-in movie theater. By day, it’s an immense indoor/outdoor flea market complete with a farmers market, entertainment, and — strangely — a stable of exotic cars. It’s Fort Lauderdale’s Swap Shop located just west of I-95 at exit 29. The place is huge — 88...

With South Florida’s constant development, there are very few remnants of old Florida in this corner of the state. Yet, in Lighthouse Point, one spot survives — Cap’s Place, a classic Florida seafood restaurant, onetime speakeasy and gambling den, draped in Florida history. If you haven’t been there, you need...

The things that enchant collecting hobbyists are as many and varied as the collectors themselves, one group  heeds the call of the sea, drawn to items like antique fishing reels, barnacle-encrusted ship salvage, and even single-stroke boat motors that once donned wooden runabouts. While there are shops that offer, and...

Visitors stumble upon this hidden enclave while hunting down the Alchemist, one of the area’s most popular coffee shops. Just finding it, tucked away on NE 13th Avenue in Wilton Manors, feels bizarre. Driving on a residential street past '60s-era ranch houses, you're convinced your GPS has led you astray, and then a gate appears, hinting at something special past it.

Seeing the space-age tower conjures images of the Jetsons. The spire-topped Pier 66, with its revolving rooftop restaurant, is a mid-century icon. Now it and the marina it calls home are under massive redevelopment. Pier 66’s iconic styling is known as “Googie”, coined after the futuristic lines of Googie’s coffee...