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Conch shell vendor Al Kee at the
Southernmost Point. You can hear Al blowing his conch shell from blocks away. |
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Southernmost
Point marker on the corner of South & Whitehead Street. Only 90 miles to
Cuba. A great photo opportunity. |
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It's the end of the road for U.S.
Hwy 1. This is the fabled Mile Marker Zero sign on the corner of Flemming &
Whitehead Street. |
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No trip to Key West is complete
with a walk along Smathers Beach at sunrise. |
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Beautiful early morning scenery
as the sun rises over the mangroves, near Houseboat Row. |
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Victorian splendor at the
Southernmost Mansion, on the corner of Duval and Whitehead Street. |
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Ernest Hemingway's bust in the
Key West Historic Memorial Sculpture Garden, on Front Street near Mallory Square. |
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Corner grocery stores are
neighborhood social centers that have great lunches. Try the conch chowder at 5
Brothers Grocery, on Friday's. Corner of Grinnell and Southard Street. |
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The Key West Lighthouse, now a
museum open to the public, looms majestically at 938 Whitehead Street. |
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Funky and brightly painted, The
Blue Heaven restaurant, in the heart of Bahama Village, was the site of gamecock fights, a
bordello and Hemingway's boxing matches. |
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