Laid back, free-spirited, artistic, quirky, and scenic, Key West is one of the most unique places in the United States. Known for its live-and-let-live attitude, tropical climate, history, and seemingly continuous happy hour, this island is renowned for converting vacationers into residents.

Since its earliest days, people have come to the end of the Florida Keys island chain to fish, write, revel, and rejuvenate. From the famous, including Ernest Hemingway, John J Audubon, and Tennessee Williams – to infamous, Key West has always been where you can be yourself, find yourself, or reinvent yourself.

It is the only Caribbean island that you can reach by car from the U.S. mainland and is bounded by crystal blue Atlantic waters on one shore and the turquoise green Gulf of Mexico on the other.