Worth Leaving For This Weekend: Halloween, Stone Crab & Live Music in Southwest Florida | October 23–25, 2026

Southwest Florida apparently decided one Halloween celebration wasn't enough. And I'm not complaining. We've got glowing downtown streets, waterfront seafood festivals, haunted trails, live music, decorated cars, and dogs competing for Halloween costume prizes. Yes, dogs. And several of this weekend

Jaycee Park Cape Coral: The Waterfront Glow-Up You Need to See

  Cape Coral got a waterfront glow-up. And this one's open to everyone. If you haven't visited Jaycee Park lately, you might not recognize it. The longtime waterfront park along the Caloosahatchee River reopened on April 30, 2026, after an extensive renovation. And we're not talking about a few new

Worth Leaving For This Weekend: Goth Nights, Oktoberfest & Halloween Fun in Southwest Florida | October 16–18, 2026

Southwest Florida, apparently we're doing a little bit of everything this weekend. We've got an alternative circus with a goth twist, a massive Oktoberfest celebration, Halloween festivities, live music, and an entire festival dedicated to kids. And if none of that interests you, there's always shop

Koreshan State Park in Estero: The Strangest Piece of Local History You're Probably Driving Past

There's a place on Corkscrew Road in Estero where you can walk through a 19th-century settlement, wander beneath towering bamboo and learn about a group of people who believed the entire universe existed inside a giant hollow sphere. Yes. Seriously. And no, I'm not describing the plot of a Netflix d