Celia Cruz, the Havana-born Queen of Salsa dance music, led a world-record conga line at the 1988 Calle Ocho festival; her 2024 quarter made her the first Afro-Latina on U.S. currency.
Our Miami retro logo uses the Florida alligator motif over "Florida - Est. 1845," emphasizing the state’s wild heart and its statehood year. Black-and-white styling mirrors citrus crate labels and old highway signage — rugged, timeless, retro in style — bridging Miami’s layered heritage: the Tequesta’s bay, Julia Tuttle’s orange blossom, the Deco boom, and Cuban Miami’s cafecito century. On merchandise it reads authentic and vintage — an emblem of Magic City pride.
Why People Visit Miami Florida
- Walk Calle Ocho in Little Havana — order a cafecito at a ventanita, watch the domino games at Máximo Gómez Park, and pick up pastelitos from a Cuban bakery.
- Stand before the Freedom Tower on Biscayne Boulevard, the 1925 landmark modeled on Seville’s Giralda that served as the Cuban Refugee Center from 1962 to 1974.
- Tour the 1916 Vizcaya estate and its gardens on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove — the boom era’s Italian Renaissance fantasy, now a museum.
- Drive the Mediterranean Revival streets of Coral Gables, George Merrick’s 1925 planned city, stroll Miracle Mile, and see the coral-rock Venetian Pool of 1924.
- See the murals of Wynwood, the warehouse district turned open-air gallery north of downtown.
- Take a boat tour of Biscayne Bay from Bayfront Park or the Miami River — the skyline from the water is the city’s best portrait.
- Cross the Rickenbacker Causeway to Key Biscayne for beaches, the Cape Florida lighthouse, and bay views back toward the city — with the stilt houses of Stiltsville standing offshore on the flats.
- Day-trip west to the Everglades or south toward Biscayne National Park — the wild tropical frame around the metropolis.
- Time a winter visit for the height of snowbird season, when the bay is at its bluest and the café windows never close.