This isn’t the St Petersburg of Russia but the St Petersburg of Tampa has its own unique charm to be discovered. So if you find yourself waking up in this sunny St Petersburg, why not take a stroll down to their landmark Museum of History?

For a few quiet hours, you can walk through the timeline of this city traced within the Sunshine City Gallery as you tread past posters from the 20s, newspaper clippings and photographs over the decades. Held suspended above your heads in the Flight One Gallery are wide wings and still propellers of the world’s first commercial airliner that took off from St Petersburg in 1914. Travelling beyond the borders of Florida, the American Soldier Gallery assembles an image of the American Soldier through pictures from the South during the Civil War to Iraq in the Middle Eastern conflict. On a lighter note, the museum is also the proud owner of a Guinness Book of Records for holding the largest collection of signed baseballs in the World, 5000 balls to mark the area’s love for the sport. A look into the contemporary growth of the state and the US, the museum would be an informative way to while away your afternoon away from the Florida heat.