JUPITER, Fla. — Palm Beach County is full of surprises — and author Amy Woods has made it her mission to reveal them all in her new book, Secret Palm Beach: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure. Two of the most fascinating entries in her treasure hunt through local history are stories you might not expect: a presidential yacht with Kennedy-era glamour, and a disco-ball ballroom where Burt Reynolds first took the stage.
Presidential Yacht ‘Honey Fitz’
Once a 93-foot floating palace for five U.S. Presidents — including Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Truman — the Honey Fitz has been meticulously restored to its JFK-era glory…