Hundreds of antique items — a wedding dress, a bag of marbles, guayaberas, a stuffed toy, a record player, a postcard, treasured photos, and a crucifix — are on display in collections that make up the ...

MIAMI (AP) — For decades, its powerful lighthouse illuminated Miami’s Biscayne Bay, and during the height of the Cold War, what was known as the Freedom Tower stood as a beacon of hope for hundreds of ...

MIAMI — There was nothing atypical about the young man. At the moment in the mid-1960s, he seemed as dazed as every other teenager I had seen walk into "El Refugio," the Spanish moniker for the Cuban ...

MIAMI — The Miami Freedom Tower is launching its soft opening this week, and curators are looking for more participants in its interactive exhibits. Often referred to as the “Statue of Liberty of the ...

Imagine leaving your home country behind to start over in the United States. For many, that means one word: freedom. “I look at the building as, symbolically, of a whole nation of people that chose to ...

The soft reopening this week of the 100-year-old Miami's Freedom Tower is a triumph for preservationists and the community. This Cuban exile landmark, a processing center for the hundreds of thousands ...

The Freedom Tower, a national historic landmark, was long ago overtaken by Miami’s fast-growing steel and glass skyline. Abandoned for years, it was rescued in 1997 by Cuban American businessman Jorge ...

As part of its 100th year anniversary, the renovated Freedom Tower will reopen to the general public as a museum on Oct. 15. The tower has undergone a two-year, $25 million rehab. Photo by Matias J.