We all want our name etched in a history book somewhere and for Tallahassee resident Richard Iby, his story was written when he became the Classy Tallahassee Bikini Bicyclist somewhere in the 2000’s.
It was always a bit of a treat to see him riding around town in all his glory.

Tallahassee’s Union Bank is the oldest surviving bank building in the entire state and holds an incredible amount of history between its walls. Another of Tallahassee’s listings on the National Registry of Historic Places, this small museum is worth the visit if you’re in the area.
As part of FAMU, this historic building is now home to FAMU’s Southeastern Regional Black Archives, Research Center & Museum.

Doak Campbell stadium in Tallahassee, Florida is the largest brick structure in North America and the 2nd largest in the entire world and it’s right here in my backyard.

Wally Amos of Famous Amos fame is a Tallahassee native born in the historic Smokey Hollow neighborhood in the 1930’s. He not only created Famous Amos, but was also the first Black talent agent helping to usher in artists that would go on to become legends. Takes one to know one, I guess.

Florida Agricultural & Manufacturing University (FAMU) is full of lore from its early days across from FSU’s Westcott Fountain, to occupying a former slave plantation, and a bunch of name changes to keep things interesting.
I’ve spent a lot of time on FAMU’s campus over the years, but I’ve been learning a lot more about the history lately and have been appreciating the ground of the campus in a whole new way.

Y’ALL is the most Southern of Southern words, but everything originates somewhere, y’all!

Florida State University’s campus is full of history in every direction, but I’d never heard of Gallows Hill before.

James Ford was not only the First Black Mayor of Tallahassee, but he was the first Black Mayor of ANY Capitol city in the entire country.

In 2016 a WWII bomb was found and detonated in Tallahassee’s CollegeTown. This is the story of that happening.