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Stop 7 of 8 · Key West Walking Tour

The Widow Who Kept the Light

Key West Lighthouse

3 min story8-stop walk

The story

You're on Whitehead Street, and the tall white tower rising above the trees is the Key West Lighthouse.

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Key West · 8 stops · 1 h 9 min · 1.9 mi

1
Mallory Square
The Night the Ships Had to LeavePhoto: Julian Lupyan (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons
2
The Old Customs House
The Red Brick Box That Nearly RottedPhoto: Averette at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3
Truman's Little White House
Where the President Was, the White House WasPhoto: Bubba73, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
4
Audubon House
The Bird Painter Who Never Slept HerePhoto: w_lemay (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons
5
Sloppy Joe's on Duval Street
A Bar Full of HemingwaysPhoto: Roger W, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
6
The Hemingway House
The Penny at the Bottom of the PoolPhoto: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
7You're here
Key West Lighthouse
The Widow Who Kept the LightPhoto: w_lemay (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons
8
The Southernmost Point
The Southernmost Point That Isn'tPhoto: Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.