Miami's Freedom Tower served as a resettlement center for over 400,000 Cuban refugees from 1962 to 1974. The author shares personal memories of the center, where his mother worked and his family ...

MIAMI — Peering at artifacts from an era of mass immigration into South Florida, Miriam Castro recalls snapshots from her own journey as an exiled young girl. Castro was just 9 in August 1961 when she ...

MIAMI — The iconic Freedom Tower in Downtown Miami is turning 100 next year and the building is undergoing some major work ahead of its milestone. Downtown Miami has gone through many phases over the ...

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 — For 100 years, one of Miami’s most iconic landmarks has stood as a silent witness to the city’s history — and the lives forever changed within its walls. Local 10 is shining a spotlight on the ...

MIAMI — For 100 years, one of Miami’s most iconic landmarks has stood as a silent witness to the city’s history — and the lives forever changed within its walls. Local 10 is shining a spotlight on the ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - Downtown Miami’s historic Freedom Tower has been undergoing renovations for two years, and officials are providing a sneak peek of the progress ahead of its opening this fall. The ...

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.

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 ...