Lyssa Goldberg Literary icon and journalist Ernest Hemingway is one of Key West's best-known and well-loved "freshwater Conchs" (a resident who was not born on the island). His former home ...

Only in Key West can you explore a shipwreck a hundred feet underwater, lounge on a beach next to a Civil War-era fort, and sip rum at one of Hemingway’s favorite bars—all in the same day.

Hemingway, having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in the literary world, settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can’t stay put for long. He reports on the Spanish Civil War and ...