Castillo de San Marcos National Monument is the oldest masonry fort in the US. Built in the late 17th Century, its coquina ...

The Castillo de San Marcos served as a fort for more than 205 years. It's the oldest masonry fortification in the U.S. What is now a picturesque attraction in downtown St. Augustine once protected ...

After a year of construction, a life-sized replica of the 1738 fort now welcomes visitors, telling the story of the 1st free Black settlement in what became the U.S.

Archaeologists in St. Augustine, Florida, discovered remnants of a British fort from the 1780s. The fort, a redoubt with a moat, was found on private property during a routine archaeological review.

Seeing black bears isn’t typical for people living in and around downtown St. Augustine, at least from what they’ve told us. The FWC has a map tracking bear sightings around Florida over the ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — A black bear was spotted roaming in Downtown St. Augustine Tuesday morning, the St. Augustine Police Department said in a Facebook post. The police department said law ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning at America’s “First Site of Freedom” — Fort Mose Historic State Park in St. Augustine — officially completed the park’s 1738 Fort Mose ...

St. Augustine’s governor, José de Zúñiga y la Cerda, ordered more than 1,500 civilians into the fortress. The English surrounded the fort and severed ... in historic downtown, the Castillo ...