Henry Ford’s Fort Myers home was known as “The Mangoes.” Next door, his buddy Thomas Edison called his own collection of houses “Seminole Lodge.” Now — a century later — those side-by-side winter ...

The Edison Festival of Light began in February 1938 as a way to honor Fort Myers' most famous winter resident, Thomas Edison. Eighty eight years later, the festival is back and still going strong.

It's named after a famous Fort Myers arts matron, but many people still don’t know about the lush botanical gardens next to ...