In Webster, Florida, a weathered 1922 general store has been resurrected as an unlikely roadside destination. The Richloam General Store, restored in 2016 by Eric and Donna Burkes after years of vacancy, now serves as a hybrid museum and corner shop along central Florida's backroads—complete with vintage gas pumps, antique signage, and barrels of boiled peanuts. The building is a relic of Florida's turpentine and logging era, and like the communities that once surrounded it, it's defied the odds.

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