Florida Made

Florida is in many ways both the oldest and newest of the megastates.

Once an insect-ridden swampland, it is now a top destination for tourism, business, agriculture and innovation.

The ideas and actions of a colorful cast of characters--from beloved cultural icons to political heroes and even a socialist dictator--transformed the peninsula.

A Barbados native rescued Florida's orange industry after the catastrophic 1835 freeze.

Known as the "e;Grande Dame of the Everglades,"e; Marjory Stoneman Douglas worked tirelessly to save the state's vast, incomparable wetlands from annihilation in the early twentieth century.

In the mid-1800s, a Florida doctor developed a precursor to modern air conditioning.

Join former U.S. senator George LeMieux and journalist Laura Mize as they profile and rank, according to impact, the twenty-five trailblazers who have changed the state forever.