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free!   Located at 35 East Quay Rd.  (305)            gift shop, and learning center.   Main
            809-4750                                              feature is a nature conservatory filled with
                                                                  live butterflies that may even land on you.
            ERNEST HEMINGWAY HOME  AND                            (305) 296-2988  1316 Duval St
            MUSEUM   Author Ernest Hemingway
            lived and wrote his novels here for over a            SOUTHERNMOST HOUSE GRAND
            decade.   You  can  tour the rooms and                HOTEL  & MUSEUM   Built in 1896,
            lovely gardens.  Dozens of cats live in               converted into a 13-room hotel with  a
            luxury here, while tolerating the visitors.           museum on the first floor in 1996.  At
            Hemingway loved his cats and these are                1400 Duval St.  (866) 764-6633
            their descendants.   Visit 907 Whitehead
            St.  (305) 294-1136                                   SOUTHERNMOST POINT IN THE
                                                                  CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
            KEY WEST  LIGHTHOUSE AND                              From this photogenic spot it  is just 90
            KEEPER'S QUARTERS MUSEUM  On                          miles to  Cuba.   The brightly colored
            the National Register of Historic Places as           concrete marker also declares that this is
            a National Historic Landmark,  this                   "The Conch Republic."
            lighthouse was originally built in 1847,
            and was extended from 46 feet tall to 86
            feet tall in 1894.  Visitors can climb the 88
            iron steps to  the observation  deck for a
            great view  across Key West.   The
            Keeper's Quarters was constructed  in
            1886.  Call (305) 295-6616  Ext. 16,  938
            Whitehead St

            FORT ZACHARY TAYLOR HISTORIC
            STATE PARK  Florida's southernmost
            state park, designated a National Historic
            Landmark in 1973.  The  fort was
            completed in 1866, and played important
            roles in the Civil War and the Spanish-
            American  War.  Features a short nature
            trail and a fine beach,  perfect for
            picnicking, swimming, snorkeling, and
            fishing.  At the end of Southard Street on
            Truman Annex.  (305) 292-6713.

            KEY WEST BUTTERFLY & NATURE
            CONSERVATORY  A butterfly gallery,
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