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Audubon House & Gardens
205 Whitehead St. |
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Historic home & artifacts relating to John
James Audubon's stay in Key West.
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City Cemetery Corner of
Margaret & Angela St. |
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Unique aboveground cemetery, with the famed
"I told you I was sick" tombstone. Informative tours are available.
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Curry Mansion Inn 511
Caroline St. |
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Listed on the National Register of Historic
Places, the Curry Mansion Inn offers guided tours of the home of Florida's first
millionaire.
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Custom House Front St. |
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Home to the Art & History Museum of the Key West Historical Society.
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East Martello Museum & Gallery
3501 South Roosevelt Blvd. |
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Civil war fort used to protect the Union troops
at Ft. Zachary Taylor. It hosts a museum of civil war artifacts and gallery
containing works of art by Stanley Papio and Mario Sanchez.
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Fort Zachary Taylor
Southard St. |
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Built between 1845-1861, the civil war fort
served the Union well in enforcing the blockade against the Confederate Navy, with its 10
inch cannons. Tour the fort, swim at the beach, fish and picnic at this state
historic site.
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Harry S. Truman's Little White
House 111 Front St. |
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Vacation home of President Truman. Loaded
with memorabilia. photo
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Hemingway House 907
Whitehead St. |
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Home to the great American author Ernest
Hemingway, from 1931 to his death in 1961. The Nobel Prize winner wrote some of his
greatest works in this historic home: For Whom the Bell Tolls, The
Snows of Kilimanjaro and Green Hills of Africa.
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Historic
Harbour Walk & Bight Marina Near William & Caroline Streets. |
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Once the site of a
booming shrimping operation, the area now bustles with a waterfront market, specialty
shops, restaurants & bars and fishing charters.
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Key West
Aquarium 1 Whitehead St. |
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Incredible
collection of tropical fish and sea creatures native to the surrounding waters of Key
West.
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Key West
Shipwreck Historeum 1 Whitehead St. |
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Relive the 1800's
& the days when wreck salvaging and sponging was the basis for the Key West economy.
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Key West
Historic Memorial Sculpture Garden Front Street |
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Near the
Waterfront Playhouse, the garden contains the "Wreckers Statue" along with
bronze busts of the men and women who impacted the art and culture of Key West. photo
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Lighthouse
Museum 938 Whitehead St. |
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The single largest
detriment to the Key West shipwrecking and salvage industry was the lighthouse.
Active from 1849 to 1969, the lighthouse is now accompanied by a museum operated by the
Key West Art and Historical Society. photo
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Mallory
Square Front Street |
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Every evening
hundreds celebrate the setting of the day's sun from Mallory Square. You may even be
one of the lucky few to witness the legendary "green flash" the sun
occasionally makes as it dips below the horizon. Complete with artisans and
performers, the square is filled with excitement between 4 p.m. until sunset.
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The Mel
Fisher Maritime Heritage Society Museum 200 Greene St. |
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The museum
features a bounty of treasure salvaged from sunken Spanish galleons.
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Nancy
Forrester's Secret Garden 1 Free School Lane |
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How about a rain
forest in the heart of old Key West? The lush garden features many species of
tropical plants, flowers and palms.
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Southernmost
Point Corner of South & Whitehead Streets |
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The large brightly
painted concrete marker identifies the Southernmost Point of the Continental United
States. It proudly states "90 miles to Cuba." photo
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Sunrise at
Smathers Beach South Roosevelt Blvd. |
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Don't miss the
incredible sight of the sun breaking through the horizon from Smathers Beach. It's
well worth the early wake up call. photo
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