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§ 5E · Landmarks & shopping

Look up on Park Avenue.

A century of Lake Wales history is still legible on the downtown blocks — carillon, hotel, arcade, marquee, depot — and the antique shops and bookstores in between.

Historic landmarks

Spook Hill

5th St & N Wales Dr

Optical-illusion oddity · free

Downtown Murals

Park Ave & Market St

Self-guided walk · Gillian Fazio & others

Shopping & antiques

  • Lake Wales Antique Center

    24 N Market St

    Multi-dealer antiques & vintage

  • Downtown Farmers Market

    Lake Wailes Park

    Saturdays · seasonal

  • Trade Winds Trading Post

    141 E Park Ave

    Gifts, home goods, Florida-made

  • Second Chapter Books

    Park Ave

    Used and rare books

  • Lake Wales Mall

    US-27 & SR-60

    Corridor retail

  • Eagle Ridge Mall

    451 Eagle Ridge Dr

    Regional shopping center