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Tasting rum in Key West, Florida: How the US home of rum went legal

After visiting the Rum Bar on Duval Street, it’s time to discover Key West’s first legal rum distillery in a former groghouse. Tasting rum at the Rum Bar on Duval Street The default setting in Key West is merrily drunk. It is the sort of…

drinks, Florida, Florida Keys, Key West, rum, USA

Visiting the Apollo Beach manatees at the Big Bend Power Station near Tampa

At the Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach, Florida, manatees have a winter holiday home. The Big Bend power station at Apollo Beach, Florida The Big Bend power station at Apollo Beach near Tampa is, even by power station standards, stonkingly ugly. It’s an…

Florida, USA, wildlife

The Thomas Edison statue at the Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida.

Exploring Edison and Ford’s Florida Estates

The southern Florida homes of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford provide beautiful gardens, but also an insight into the characters of the great inventors. Photos of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford It’s the photos that do it. The black and white shots of the ‘vagabonds’…

Florida, Fort Myers, museums, USA