Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are no cars or paved roads on the oddly shaped island 4.5 miles west of Pineland. Its 112 acres make it one of the smallest ...

CABBAGE KEY, Fla. — Somewhere under layers of $1 bills is the buck I taped to the wall of this off-the-beaten-path bar and dining spot. Autographed with my name, the money is part of a tradition ...

CABBAGE KEY — One-dollar bills — 60,000 of them — taped to the ceiling and walls of the Cabbage Key Inn restaurant flutter in the breeze of a half-dozen ceiling fans. In the old days, fishermen left ...

For me, the opening of the stone crab season is reason enough to visit Florida in October. They’re simply wonderful — a cross between lobster and shrimp. Baker Mayfield on weekend at Oklahoma: ‘It’s a ...

CABBAGE KEY — As the Island Girl water taxi slowed down on the west side of Pine Island Sound, we could see the tin-roofed, early 20th-century cottages of Cabbage Key. The 100-acre island, due west of ...

Fun fact: If you tape a dollar bill to the money-plastered walls at Cabbage Key Inn & Restaurant, it's not likely to stay put. Blame the combination of humidity, blustery island breezes, too many ...

Rumored to have inspired Jimmy Buffett’s “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” Cabbage Key is a southwest Florida island that feels suspended in time. Though the Buffett lore cannot be fully verified, you can ...

In part because of its relative height, Cabbage Key didn’t sustain significant damage from Hurricane Ian, which roared through the region in September 2022 and had a devastating impact on the nearby ...

The boat pushed away from the dock, eased past the pelican perched on a piling and looped out into Pine Island Sound. What is it about being on water that makes you feel you’re in Florida? Useppa ...

Cabbage Key is a small, 112-acre island accessible only by boat, located in Pine Island Sound near Pineland, Florida. The island, once home to the Calusa Indians, is now a popular destination ...

For me, the opening of the stone crab season is reason enough to visit Florida in October. They’re simply wonderful — a cross between lobster and shrimp. After my arrival on Oct. 16, I got stone crab ...