Walton County Heritage Museum — Attraction in DeFuniak Springs

A museum of history for Walton County over time. It has historical artifacts and other more modern pieces mixed in. It is very small and did not open on time causing half of our party to leave without seeing it. The caboose is neat to view but was locked even though the person there said he had been opening it the past few weekends and showing it. He was very nice and directed us to other historical landmarks around Defuniak Lake. If you happen to be around when its opened, stop in for a free look but it is not worth driving in town for. They do have a small genealogy section inside if you are looking for records from...

Awesome little library museum attached to actually functioning public library (which that in itself is a amazing)! So happy to have stumbled in and asked for a tour which the librarian gave us eagerly, explaining that it is the oldest library in the panhandle, if not all of Florida, first aiming to be for women and furthering women's literacy in the late 19th century. Worth a visit and your if your passing through. Has a great view of the lake from...

Very interesting site of Civil War Veterans Home, you don't think about the veterans of the south not having the same care as the northern veterans, or that each state provided for their own veterans. Was very educational for me even as a American History...