The Ted Smallwood Store on Chokoloskee Island, constructed in 1906, thrives to this day thanks to a strategic building ...

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I wanted to visit Everglades City, which is close to the Ten Thousand Island archipelago, off the western coast of Florida. It was late March, and temperatures were in the mid 70s. This was the dry ...

At Shark Valley, I took a rental bike and set off in the direction of an observation tower. The path led across a watery prairie feathered with saw grass. It was late in the day, and I was alone.