The Longform Guide to Florida
A trip to Disney, the origins of Gatorade, the carny capital of America and how Miami ends — ten of our favorite articles about Florida.
Are You Having Fun?
The author visits Walt Disney World with his niece and wife.
Forty years later, John Jeremiah Sullivan visited Disney with his kid and weed.
Calvin Trillin New Yorker Jan 1971 10min
Angels & Demons
On June 4, 1989, the bodies of Jo, Michelle and Christe were found floating in Tampa Bay. This is the story of the murders, their aftermath, and the handful of people who kept faith amid the unthinkable.
Thomas French St. Petersburg Times Oct 1997 3h35min
The Bottle and the Babe
A profile of Robert Cade, a University of Florida professor and inventor of Gatorade.
Gilbert Rogin Sports Illustrated Jul 1968 25min
Myths Over Miami
God has fled, avenging angels hide out in the Everglades, and more “secret stories” passed down by homeless kids in Miami shelters.
Lynda Edwards Miami New Times Jun 1997 20min
How Joe Redner Invented the Lap Dance, Built a Strip-Club Empire, Became a Model Citizen, Fought for Your Rights, and Beat Cancer
A local boy brings a touch of class to the city on the Bay.
Sean Manning Deadspin Aug 2012 25min
Spectacle
On the 1934 lynching of Claude Neal, and the Florida town that kept the identity of those responsible a secret.
Ben Montgomery Tampa Bay Times Oct 2011 25min
I Was a Teenage Freak
Welcome to Gibsonton, Fla., the carny capital of the nation.
David Kushner Rolling Stone Sep 2003 20min
The Strawberry Girls
Life as a pageant queen in Plant City, Florida.
Anne Hull The New Yorker Aug 2008 20min
What Happens When the Amish Get Rich
They lose millions in a Florida real estate scam.
Jen Banbury Businessweek Jun 2014 15min
Goodbye, Miami
How the city will drown.
Jeff Goddell Rolling Stone Jun 2013 30min
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