Key West, Florida
African Cemetery at Higgs Beach
Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Key West, Florida
The Conch Republic
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Key West, Florida
Hemingway's Last Penny
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
Key West Cemetery
The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.
Key West, Florida
Truman's Little White House
A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.
Key West, Florida
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum
The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.
Key West, Florida
The Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House
A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.
Key West, Florida
Blue Heaven Rooster Cemetery
A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.
Key West, Florida
Captain Tony's Saloon
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Key West, Florida
U.S. Route 1 Mile 0 Sign
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Key West, Florida
Pan Am's First Office
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Key West, Florida
Key West High Heel Shoe Drop
Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.
Key West, Florida
Tennessee Williams Museum
This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.
Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
Dry Tortugas
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Blue Hole
The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.
Key Largo, Florida
The African Queen
The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.
Islamorada, Florida
Florida Keys Memorial
Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.
Opa-locka, Florida
Opa-Locka City Hall
America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
Permanently Closed
Key Biscayne, Florida
Miami Marine Stadium
An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.
Miami, Florida
Miami Circle
A perfect circle of 24 mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric times.
Key Biscayne, Florida
Crandon Park Zoo Ruins
It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.
Hallandale Beach, Florida
Pegasus and Dragon
The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.
