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15 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Key West, Florida

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Fort Jefferson, moat and wall

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Dry Tortugas

Remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles, sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

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Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

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Robert the Doll

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Robert the Doll

This legendary "evil" doll has been haunting the citizens of Key West for over 100 years.

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The old hanging tree, once outside, now built into the bar.

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Captain Tony's Saloon

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

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Tourists flock to the buoy (Flickr/Turtle43)

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Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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Pan Am's First Office

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Pan Am's First Office

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

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The Conch Republic

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

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Hemingway's last penny.

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Hemingway's Last Penny

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

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