Did you know one of the rarest sea turtles in the world is named after a Key West furniture dealer... and you can actually stay in his former home today? Yep. This is one of those wonderfully weird Key West stories that starts with a beautiful old house and somehow gives us a devastating fire, a ship carpenter, Florida’s early sponge industry, a rare sea turtle, possible buried treasure, and...
Ridley House Key West: The Turtle, the Fire, and the Story Behind This Historic Home
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