Key West Vacation Blog

The Key West Aquarium is the only public aquarium in Key West, and features educational programs, and hands on learning the whole family can enjoy. The aquarium is located at the end of Duval Street in the Mallory Square area, and is close to other attractions, so it can be an easy stop and addition to your Key West adventures.

Fort Jefferson was originally built to be a coastal fortress, and is still unfinished to this day. Fort Jefferson is located within the Dry Tortugas National Park, on Garden Key. The Dry Tortugas National Park is off the coast of Key West, and is only accessible by ferry or plane. Fort Jefferson is the park that visitors will get to see, snorkel, and camp, when they sign up to go to The Dry Tortugas.

The Key West Shipwreck Museum is one of the most notable buildings in Key West, and would be hard to miss. The building is a large, old-looking, and made of wood that looks like it was salvaged from a bunch of shipwrecks. A part of the Key West Shipwreck museum is the very tall Lookout Tower, where guests get to walk up to the very top and look out over the city of Key West, Mallory Square, and the ocean to find any wreckage.

President Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States, succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt, after a sharp downturn in health and passed on in 1945. Truman immediately went to work, and took his role as the President very seriously. After Truman’s first 19 months in office and working relentlessly, he went to the his doctor for a perpetual cold that didn’t want to seem to go away. Truman’s doctor diagnosed him with being physically exhausted and prescribed him to take a tropical vacation.