THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT The Southernmost Point is an anchored concrete buoy marking the southernmost point in the continental United States, the lowest latitude land of contiguous North American states. It is one of the most visited and photographed attractions in the United States.
OLD TOWN TROLLEY TOURS Explore the best that Key West has to offer on this narrated, hop-on hop-off trolley tour. Visit more than 100 points of interest among Key West’s top attractions, with an expert guide who takes you through the history of the city.
KEY WEST LIGHTHOUSE The current lighthouse opened in 1848 with a woman as its Keeper; nearly unheard of during the 19th century. Today, this sentinel of the sea stands as a museum dedicated to Key West’s maritime heritage and to the men and women who bravely kept the light burning through the threats of war and weather. Visitors can walk up the 88 steps to the top of the light as well as explore the belongings, photographs, and words of the lighthouse Keepers and their families who lived a now obsolete, yet never forgotten, way of life.
HEMINGWAY HOME AND MUSEUM The Ernest Hemingway House was the residence of American writer Ernest Hemingway in the 1930s. While living at the house, Hemingway wrote some of his best received work, including the 1935 non-fiction work Green Hills of Africa, the 1936 short stories "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", and his 1937 novel To Have And Have Not.
THE KEY WEST BUTTERFLY AND NATURE CONSERVATORY A tour of the Key West Butterfly Conservancy enables guests to experience a tropical paradise inhabited by butterflies from 50 to 60 different species. In addition to these beautiful insects, the conservancy is home to a host of colorful birds from around the world.
KEY WEST SHIPWRECK MUSEUM At the Key West Shipwreck Museum, you will step back into time as you discover Key West’s unique maritime heritage and how it became the richest city in the United States. The museum combines actors, films and the actual artifacts from the 1985 rediscovery of the wrecked vessel Isaac Allerton, which sank in 1856 on the treacherous Florida Keys reef.