This IMAX theater, located within the World Golf Village complex, shows blockbuster films and documentaries from Hollywood, adding a nice spin to the golfing experience. Showtimes run seven days a week, and the last show is usually at 10 pm, although the projector screens midnight movies on occasion. The screen is grand and just like many other IMAX theaters across the country, this one also offers an exhilarating show.
Join the swashbuckling pirate antics at this fantastic museum located in the heart of the old city. Renowned local businessman Pat Croce's established this theme spot in order to share his passion for everything related to these marauders. The museum's collection is quite comprehensive and it's considered to be one of the best of its kind. Exhibits include Captain Thomas Tew's Treasure Chest, authentic Jolly Rogers Flag as well as actual shipwreck treasures from around the world. Apart from these, the museum has a myriad of intriguing exhibits and interactive displays. Tours are available and there's an eclectic gift shop present inside the museum.
Housed within the first African-American public school, Excelsior High School, the Lincolnville Museum & Cultural Center traces the heritage, struggles and triumphs that were part of the town's African-American history. The museum's exhibits and collection feature everything from the Civil War era, to modern day victories. The story of the runaway slaves from Carolina who built Fort Mose is also featured in one of the museum's exhibits. Others include information about several black churches, revolutionary leaders of the African-American struggle, including Dr. Martin Luther King and Kat Twine. The museum offers group tours on request.
While Cooperstown, NY has one for baseball, Canton, OH has one for football, and Springfield, MA has one for basketball, it is St. Augustine that has one dedicated to the masters of the fairways. Golf is played and celebrated around the world and there's no better place to construct a shrine to honor the game than in Florida. While the museum is dedicated to honoring golf greats that include members of both the PGA and LPGA, admission also allows guests a complimentary round on the 18-hole putting course and a couple of strokes from the Hall of Fame Challenge tees. If you love golf, it's location in the World Golf Village is itself an attraction and should be a definite stop on any golfer's itinerary in St. Augustine.
Fort Mose, also known as Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, is an integral part of American history. This site is a milestone in American-African culture as the first legally approved free African settlement was sanctioned here. It served as a haven for escaped African slaves who sought freedom from British-held territories in the South. While the ruins and remnants of the fort are long gone, tourists can gain an insight about this settlement and its history at the on-site museum and visitor center.
St. George Street follows a historically old pathway that was once used by the Timucuan Indians before the first European colonists arrived. Over the last 400 years it was used by the Spanish, British and Americans as the main thoroughfare in which commerce commenced in the New World. Today, it is a pedestrian-only street that begins at the Castillo de San Marcos and meanders past Maria Sanchez Lake until it ends at South Street. Along the way, there are many sights, restaurants and the place where guests will find all of the city's kitschy, sometimes tacky souvenir shops.