You've heard of bar hops, right? Well take one step up the "ladder of hops" and embark on an architecture tour that offers insight into Ybor City's rich history. You can travel backwards in time while visiting former cigar factories, mutual aid societies, breweries, cigar workers’ homes, and medical clinics.

For only $18, you'll receive a $50 certificate valid for two admissions to Buildings Alive! Ybor City: Architecture Hop on Thursday, March 1, from 5-9 p.m.

Presented by the Ybor City Museum Society, this fun-filled, fact-filled adventure demonstrates how some of Ybor's iconic buildings are being preserved, and how many have been rehabilitated and re-purposed. Stops include: Centro Asturiano, Cuban Club, Ybor Square, Don Vicente Inn, Stantec, HCC Child Development Center, Swope Rodante, Ybor City Museum State Park, 19th Street Casitas and Café, and the Italian Club.

There will also be unique food and drink pairings at certain venues, as well as clues to a scavenger hunt. If you successfully complete the scavenger hunt, you'll receive a small prize, and then your name will be put in a basket for a drawing of one of three big prizes, including the grand prize of a loaded Ybor Experience basket.

You can begin the Buildings Alive! tour at either of the following locations:

Ybor City Museum State Park: 1818 E. Ninth Ave., Tampa, FL. 33605

Stantec: 2205 N. 20th St., Tampa, FL. 33605 (This location has free parking for the first 120 cars.)

Guests can walk between destinations or ride on the Jolly Trolley. Click here for more information.