It was a Sunday, just after noon, and a film crew from MTV had set up light reflectors and a semi-circular dolly track on the expansive...
The wrecking ball has a date with the crumbling concrete, brick and stucco building at 1850 Central Avenue, next to the I-275 overpass, and it’s going...
In the lengthy filmography of the late Canadian actor John Candy, 1985’s Summer Rental isn’t generally mentioned in the same breath as such classics as Splash,...
This series was first published in the Catalyst in 2020. The latest advisory from the National Weather Service was several hours old when the freighter MV...
In the end, it was all just a pack of lies. Self-proclaimed evangelist John 3:16 Cook arrived in St. Petersburg in 1971, and exploited the weak...
Jonah the whale never had a chance. A 2,000 pound pilot whale, Jonah was the “star attraction” at the Aquatarium, the $3.5 million marine park that...
Just as Professor Harold Hill rode into River City, Iowa and hoodwinked the locals into bankrolling his nonexistent “boys’ band,” so Pinellas County fell under the...
The penultimate episode of the early 1960s TV drama Route 66 ends with cynical protagonist Tod Stiles (played by Martin Milner) thrown from the top of...
Visit the world’s most unique museum … Thrill to amazing artistry and craftsmanship in rare woods – magnificent murals, furniture, clever and unusual gifts. Pay a...
Now available from St. Petersburg Press, Vintage St. Pete: The Golden Age of Tourism – and More is a different kind of local history book. A...
