Museums
IconicThe Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
Under $25Tour the Key West house where Hemingway wrote in the 1930s and meet the six-toed cats that roam its gardens.
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Southernmost Point Buoy
Southernmost Point Buoy is a sightseeing stop in Key West, FL. Cost: free.
1499 Duval St · Key West, FL
Why you should go…
The Southernmost Point Buoy is a 12-foot painted concrete marker the city of Key West set up in 1983 at the corner of South and Whitehead Streets, replacing an earlier wooden sign. Its lettering reads The Conch Republic, 90 Miles to Cuba and Southernmost Point Continental U.S.A. While seawall repairs run at that corner, a temporary buoy stands at the south end of Duval Street. Despite the name, the beach at nearby Fort Zachary Taylor reaches about 500 feet farther south.
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Duval Street
FreeWalk Key West's main street from the Gulf to the Atlantic past bars, galleries, shops and Victorian mansions.
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Harry S. Truman Little White House
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Historic Tours of America
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Mallory Square
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Seven Mile Bridge
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