The building housing the Bimini Museum has a long history and now provides vistors with the history of Bimini. Built in 1921, the building originally served as the office for the Commissioner of Bimini, His Majesty's Customs and Bahamian . . . — — Map (db m234689) HM
Bimini through Time
Gateway to the Bahamas
As the nearest island of The Bahamas to the Florida Peninsula, Bimini's history has been influenced by its location.
From the earliest inhabitants, the Lucian-Taino people, hundreds of . . . — — Map (db m234690) HM
Bimini's Early Beginnings
Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon is said to have plied the waters of Bimini in his famous sailing voyage of 1513.
Searching for the Fountain of Youth, he also hoped to find slaves as well as new lands for . . . — — Map (db m234685) HM
On Queen's Highway, on the right when traveling north.
In 1919 the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Volstead Act introduced Prohibition in the United States, outlawing the manufacture and use of alcoholic beverages. Bimini and other islands of The Bahamas benefited by serving as . . . — — Map (db m234682) HM
The entrance to Ben's Cave was created when a portion of the roof collapsed. The clear pool that you see is fresh water, which floats on top of the lower salt water. Under-water passages spread out horizontally from Ben's Cave for thousands of yards . . . — — Map (db m87403) HM
The remains of several Lucayan Indians were found in a water-filled cavern near this cave entrance. The bones were perfectly preserved under a mound of rocks in about 6 feet of fresh water. This cave is a home of a rare member of a new class of . . . — — Map (db m87404) HM
In September 2019 this fifty-year-old Fig Tree became a victim of the most devastating and destructive storm ever to hit the Islands
of the Bahamas, tying with the 1935 Labour Day hurricane for the highest wind speed of an Atlantic storm ever . . . — — Map (db m234668) HM
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS
(1874-1965)
A British Politician and statesman known for leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served twice as Prime Minister (1940-1945 & 1951-1955) and . . . — — Map (db m234665) HM WM
Welcome to the Garden of the Groves
A 12-acre Botanical Centre
Featuring
The Flora of the Bahamas
We hope you enjoy visiting the Garden and come away refreshed by the serenity and everchanging beauty.
The Chapel overlooking the . . . — — Map (db m234670) HM
Welcome to the Labyrinth the Garden of the Groves Grand Bahama Island
A Labyrinth is easier to experience than to describe. There is no wrong way to walk the Sacred Path which has one entry, and winds circuitously from the outer ring to the . . . — — Map (db m234667) HM
Fort Fincastle was built in 1793 by Lord Dunmore, a Royal Governor (1787-1796), whose second title was Viscount Fincastle. This fort shaped like an old paddle wheel steamer, was built to protect the city from invasion but saw little action. It . . . — — Map (db m125664) HM
Near Augusta Street south of Delancy Street, on the right when traveling north.
Our hand-cut well measures 7.4 feet in diameter and has a depth of 74 feet. It is carved from solid limestone and is reminiscent of the Queen's Staircase sculpted between 1793 and 1794 by "slaves from solid rock with axes and other sharp hand . . . — — Map (db m134006) HM
On West Bay Street east of Parliament Street, on the left when traveling west.
To commemorate the grant of these islands by His Majesty King Charles the First to Sir Robert Heath Attorney General of England on the 30th day of October 1629 — — Map (db m32434) HM
This axle is one of only a few remnants left of locomotives that carried lumber & pit props from the Pineridge lumber mill site & this harbour from 1943 to 1960. It was found buried just west of here at the former terminus, which was later filled . . . — — Map (db m234678) HM