The once sleepy fishing village exploded with growth when the space race heated up in the 1950s, going from a population of 23,653 in 1950 to 230,006 by 1970. Peter Cranis, executive director of ...

Take a walk on the world-famous Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier for a different perspective on the area. Originally built in 1962, the pier consists of 2.5 miles of boardwalk planks and juts 800 feet ...