Passport to the South

From Cajun dance halls to the State Fair of Texas, here are 18 Southern rites of passage to cross off your list this year.

Florida
Illustration: Tim Kilgore

Florida

Where: Key West, Hemingway’s 1930s stomping grounds

Earn your stamp: Visit the Ernest Hemingway Home &  Museum, where Hem wrote 70 percent of his life’s work. Charter a boat from Key West Fish Tales for an afternoon of big-game fishing. Sip on Cuba libres and brag about the one that got away at Sloppy Joe’s Bar.

When to go: Hemingway days (July 16-21), which includes a lookalike contest and a literary competition judged by Ernest’s granddaughter Lorian.

Plan it now: Tours ($13) run year-round. hemingwayhome.com; half-day charters are $750 with Key West Fish Tales. keywestfishtales.com 


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