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Stop 8 of 9 · St. Augustine Walking Tour

A Hotel Bought for a Hobby

Lightner Museum, St. Augustine

3 min story9-stop walk

The story

You're standing outside the Lightner Museum, the big building with the twin towers right across from Flagler College.

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St. Augustine · 9 stops · 1 h 6 min · 1.6 mi

1
Castillo de San Marcos
The Walls That Swallowed CannonballsPhoto: Juliancolton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2
The Oldest Wooden School House
A Minorcan Homestead and an Unproven TitlePhoto: VivianaZuniga06, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3
Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine
The Church That Kept Burning DownPhoto: Carlstak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
4
The Plaza and the Foot Soldiers Monument
Four Children Who Wouldn't PromisePhoto: Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
5
Bridge of Lions
Firm, Faithful, and a Girl on a FloatPhoto: Kristee M. Booth (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
6
Government House
One Address, Three Flags, Same JobPhoto: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
7
Flagler College
The Hotel Where Guests Feared Light SwitchesPhoto: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
8You're here
Lightner Museum
A Hotel Bought for a HobbyPhoto: Bubba73, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
9
Villa Zorayda
A Boston Millionaire's Concrete Moorish PalacePhoto: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.