Category: Key Largo News

Coincidence or not? I seem to notice things like this that others wouldn’t and wonder if the person responsible for it was that good of a thinker or just so happened to do it by accident. In this instance I think it’s the latter. Here’s Shell’s shell, the Shell gas station has in front of it a large pink conch shell which is the official symbol of Key West. This is probably tied for the third largest conch shell in the Keys. There are many of this size conch shells spread throughout the entire length of your drive to entice tourist to pull into their establishments...

“El Gato” means “The Cat” in Spanish OK, that was strictly to grab your attention.  Yes, Stephen King was the author of the 1983 Best-Selling book ‘Pet Sematary’ which was then turned into a 1989 Hollywood movie. And NO, this has nothing to do with that movie but everything to do with a pet cemetery. This section of the Big Coppit Key Cemetery is reserved for pets aptly named “Pet Hill”. After your furry loved ones have passed on they can be laid to rest along with other Key West furry friends in this real-life pet cemetery. The...

“Waiter, please bring me a bottle of your finest wine!” This is way too cool, a vintage uniquely shaped bottle wall. I’m always on the lookout for anything odd, unusual, unique, & out-of-place as this. Though part of a personal stone & mortar wall in front of a home, it’s in full view for all to see FREE sitting only a few feet away from the street. To see this ‘Bottle Wall’ go to Mile Marker 62.8 bayside turning onto South Conch Avenue and make the loop 1/2 way around… you can’t miss it. The road is NOT marked with...

It’s TRUE, this is in fact Florida’s first millionaire’s warehouse! Mr. William Curry is credited as being Florida’s first millionaire who just so happened to live here in Key West during the golden age of ‘Wrecking’. Wrecking is the salvage and recovery of goods and vessels that had run aground or sunk. In this building took place the display, storage and sale of those salvaged shipwrecked goods, sometimes by auction. The building began as a general store selling dry goods and other daily needed products. The building’s checkered past has included...