In the mid-19th century, the sixty-eight mile stretch of coastline between present-day Palm Beach and Miami had remained largely untouched since Ponce de Leon sailed past in 1513. Local Native American tribes such as the Jeaga and Tekesta had disappeared in the early 1700s, but it was still wild country …
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Spring is here and there are a multitude of West Palm Beach Spring activities to enjoy! Don’t forget that West Palm Beach is now a year-round resort destination. Here you will find Drift Fishing, Parasailing, Charter Fishing, River Tours, Food Tours, Snorkeling, SCUBA, Sunset Catamaran Cruises and much more to …
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West Palm Beach Spring Training for the Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, Miami Marlins and the Washington Nationals will be held from February 22 until March 23, 2025 at Cacti Park of The Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach. The Houston Astros were the 2017 and 2022 World Series champions. …
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The wildly popular West Palm Beach GreenMarket has reopened for the 2025 season and is celebrating its 30th Year Anniversary! The West Palm Beach GreenMarket is free and located on the Great Lawn where Clematis Street intersects with the Intracoastal Waterway. It is held every Saturday from 9 a.m. to …
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Billy Joel, Ellen Degeneres, Terry Bradshaw, Eric Clapton, Halle Berry, Sting, Ben Stiller, George Stephanopoulos, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Rice, Gwyneth Paltrow and Amy Tan all have one thing in common – they all suffer from the darkness of depression. Another sufferer was Hope – the late mother of Palm Beach …
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Bob Carter is the founder and artistic director of Bob Carter’s Actor’s Workshop and Repertory Theatre (Actor’s Rep) in West Palm Beach. In addition to being a student of Lee and Paula Strasberg, he was the first to bring Off-Broadway plays to South Florida. Tell us about your beginnings. I …
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The West Palm Beach GreenMarket was voted the best farmers market in America according to the USA Today Readers Choice Awards. Held 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday from October through April at 101 South Clematis Street (next to the Intracoastal Waterway), the West Palm Beach GreenMarket features more …
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Margo McKnight is the President and CEO of the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society. The zoo houses more than 550 animals (190 species), many of them endangered, within 23-acres of lush tropical habitat in West Palm Beach. We sat down with Margo to learn more about her, the zoo …
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At 1 pm on the sunny afternoon of May 4, 1942, the master of the 9,767-ton British tanker Eclipse was confused to see a torpedo speeding toward him from the beach near the Boynton Beach Inlet. Incredibly, the 220 foot-long submarine U-564, commanded by German ace Reinhard “Teddy” Suhren, had …
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On October 27, 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the aircraft carrier USS Randolph and eleven destroyers detected the Soviet diesel-electric submarine B-59 in the Windward Passage between the southern-most tip of Cuba and Haiti. They began depth charging, totally unaware that the Soviet submarine was carrying a nuclear torpedo …
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