Little free libraries are small boxes of books set up in communities to promote reading and…read moresharing. It's based on the take a book leave a book concept, but nobody is keeping tab, so feel free to clear out your bookshelves at home, or take a few books without leaving any (though clearing a LFL out would be rather rude...) Lake Worth has plenty of LFL in the city and it's fun discovering them as I explore the city. I found this one as I was on the way to El Pueblo Chapin restaurant, (which is an excellent Guatemalan restaurant by the way). The box is well maintained and beautifully painted.

A library in front of a library?…read more Yes, in case you can't find enough books in the library. Or better yet, if you would rather not return your books or forget to and get fined for it, a little free library is perfect for you!! Little free libraries are small boxes of books set up in communities to promote reading and sharing. It's based on the take a book leave a book concept, but nobody is keeping tab, so feel free to clear out your bookshelves at home, or take a few books without leaving any (though I won't recommend clearing a LFL out...) This LFL is located in front of the big library. It's well maintained, and tend to have more children books than others. Lake Worth has plenty of LFL in the city and it's fun discovering them as I explore the city.

Foreverglades is an art exhibit on a steamboat in Howard Park across from the Kravis Center for the…read morePerforming Arts. The tiny pond at the north end of the park the boat is floating on was once the Stub Canal and Turning Basin. It was large enough for barges that carried passengers and produce from Belle Glade, a farming community south of Lake Okeechobee that was settled in 1925 and which provided food for the area. Later on the main crop became sugar and large corporations like Domino Sugar and Florida Crystals changed the land and stopped the flow of water to the Everglades. Boat service from Belle Glade started on May 17,1918 when 5,000 crates of vegetables were transferred to 10 railway freight cars. After a railroad line and highway opened in the 1920's, boat travel to fell out of favor and the 1928 Hurricane destroyed the boat docks. Now all that is left of the large waterway is what looks like a small retention pond with a fountain. Foreverglades is funded by the Knight Foundation, the Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs, and the West Palm Beach Arts & Entertainment District. Photographer Sofia Valiente lived in Belle Glade for five years and her pictures focus mainly on the African-Americans who live and work in Belle Glade. Many of them work on the farms and in the fields despite poverty and the region being hit by floods, drought, and hurricanes. She wanted to show how Belle Glade influenced the growth of this region of Florida. The pictures hang on the walls of a 41 foot replica of a 1920's steamboat that was built in Miami, hauled by truck to West Palm Beach, and placed into the lake by a crane. Sofia chose to show her work in a boat to highlight the link between Belle Glade and the town it helped to grow, West Palm Beach. This exhibit runs until February 2020 and is free. You can access the boat from a walking path that runs around the pond. Photographer Sofia Valiente staffs the exhibit so you can speak to her when you visit. Belle Glade is an area that has been ignored by the rest of the state but it was a place I wanted to know more about. This exhibit made me want to visit and explore it myself. I love the history this exhibit highlights and how it shines a light on an area and people that doesn't attract a lot of attention despite their agricultural contributions to the community.

I've driven past this art installation at the intersection of I95 on Atlantic Ave in Delray Beach…read more Today I finally stopped to admire the pillars & read about them. The Gateway Art Feature consists of 6 lighted, freeform, icons designed by Michelle Newman, the artist. These sculptures, towering 28 feet above the pavement, flank the main road entering Delray Beach. It was critical that the colors rendered matched Ms. Newman's original art both under front lighting, during the day, and when back-lit at night. The work on the columns depicts the geometric patterns often used by Seminoles in textiles & art work. Newman also used gladioli, to represent the long-running Gladioli Festival which now called the Delray Affair along its pineapples, to represent the city's early history as a pineapple plantation hub.

I really enjoyed learning about the West Palm beach history from David our historian . Level one…read more first floor has the history of the holocaust. Second floor has the entrance and our guide explain the history about this building ,the third floor has this beautiful court . Entrance is free About this building The Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum is a history museum in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. The museum's exhibits and collection cover local history, with a permanent collection of millions of objects and images that span over 12,000 years of Palm Beach County and Florida history.The museum offers multiple exhibits, ranging from online collections to in-person displays, including both its permanent People and Places galleries as well as temporary special exhibits that open each fall, located in the Courtroom Gallery on the third floor of the 1916 courthouse.It is operated by the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. The museum is housed in a 1916 courthouse building, at 300 North Dixie Highway.

The Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum is located in a beautifully restored…read more1916 Historic Museum. This museum tells the story of not just the social and economic development and evolution of Palm Beach County but of Florida's East Coast and regional area. We were greeted and welcomed by Nick and Dianne. Dianne provided us with an in depth, detailed and informative guided tour of the gallery. Dianne explained and shared her vast knowledge and her passion for history which was evident in her storytelling and interpretation of historical information presented. Admission is free.

Nurturing environment, nice and clean friendly atmosphere. Son was there from 2 months to 5 yrsread more

The teachers were amazing and we will definitely miss them. My daughter got to learn Spanish and…read morethat was wonderful. However, I did not like the person who runs the place. They expected us to know and understand all the rules, but did not take the time to explain them well enough in English, as I myself don't speak Spanish as a first language and neither is English. We followed all the rules we understood. Don't get me wrong it was all in writing upon enrolling but instead of explaining it was more of reprimanding after the fact. On her last day there, she was 30 minutes late with a note from her dentist and they wouldn't let her in, as it was one of the rules. Ok, I get that, but they wouldn't even allow her to say goodbye to her teachers while grabbing her things. To leave on those terms was devastating to my daughter and myself. I don't recommend this place.

When asking the web to recommend places to visit. This place popped into that list. After being…read morehere I can see why. The theater was something to see. The building is beautiful. It has two floors. Many businesses and a church inside. On the second floor they had classes and offices. The place was well kept and very clean. It's a good size building. I did notice that some stores were empty. The place has a nice feel. It has its own parking lot nearby for convenience. I walked inside the Paramount Theater. It is something more for the older generation. As you first walk in, everywhere you turn you see stars from back in the day. The walls are covered with pictures, dolls, and artifacts of them. It is pretty impressive the large collection this theater holds. Each celebrity with a little description. My type of place. I really enjoyed what I saw and was glad I came.

Old cemeteries like this one contain important information about history and genealogy. Pine Crest…read moreCemetery also has one of the blue historic markers in front of it that is part of the Florida Historical Marker Program. The Historical Marker program is one of the Division of Historical Resources' most popular and valued public history programs. It raises awareness of Florida's cultural history while enhancing the enjoyment of historic sites for residents and tourists. The blue historic markers tell the stories of the people and places that were important to Florida's history and they can be found in front of churches, schools, buildings, roads, archaeological sites, battlefields, and cemeteries like this one. Historic marker F-1235 was installed in 2023 by The City of Lake Worth Beach and the Florida Department of State. When Lake Worth was incorporated in June 1913, it had 700 residents along with a post office, several stores, a church, bank, school, and a newspaper. However, there was no cemetery and all burials were made in Woodlawn Cemetery in West Palm Beach or privately. In 1915, the Lake Worth government appointed a committee to find a suitable location for a cemetery. The committee found a 9.2 acre parcel in the southwest corner of town. Lake Worth purchased it for $10 per acre for a total of $920.00. The first recorded burial took place in July of 1923. The city held a contest to name the cemetery and compromised between two suggestions, Pine Crest. The original cemetery was Sections A through P. In 1935, the American Legion requested that the city designate a portion of Pine Crest Cemetery as a memorial plot for service men. In response the city created section I which was set aside for veterans at no charge, with standard government markers. American Legion Post #47 donated the labor and material for sidewalks. Veterans from the Spanish American War, and World War I and II were laid to rest here. In 1949, the city acquired more land on the western edge of the cemetery and created sections 1 through 30. Until 1970 the cemetery was segregated with only whites buried here while black residents were buried nearby at I. A. Banks Memorial Park, formerly Osborne Municipal Cemetery. In 1971 Pine Crest cemetery was enlarged again to a total of 17.25 acres and 8,625 burials. Section BB is for infants. A time capsule was buried on the grounds in 1976 by the Lake Worth Centennial Committee and the Lake Worth Civic Council. It will be opened July 4, 2076. Pine Crest Cemetery is very peaceful and well maintained. Despite the age, the graves look well tended and there are beautiful flowering royal poinciana and plumeria trees. The city recently added a fence for added security.

This is a beautifully maintained local cemetery. I have only visited a handful of times, but each…read moretime, it has been free of visible trash, with bright green grass and no one loitering. There are shady parts with trees, as well as long stretches of mostly car free pavement. Parking inside is limited to certain hours, and only certain gates are open dawn to dusk. It is appears fully gated. There is limited sidewalk access outside of it.