- The legendary spring, the Fountain of Youth, made famous by explorer Ponce de Leon, is in St. Augustine and located on what is now known as the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park
- St. Augustine was the first city in America, founded by the Spanish in 1565
- Treasury Street connecting the Royal Spanish Treasury with the docks in St Augustine is, at 7 feet wide, the narrowest in the country and was built that way to make it harder for thieves to escape with chests of gold
- St. Augustine is the oldest port in the continental United States
- The oldest wax museum in the country, Potter’s Wax Museum, is found in St. Augustine
- St. Augustine is home to the Castillo de San Marcos, the oldest masonry fort in North America and the only one from the 17th century in the continental US that is still standing
