Casa Antigua

This was technically Hemingway’s first house in Key West and the spot where he wrote A Farewell to Arms, but it isn’t all that notable except for a lush garden in the back and one of the kitschiest ‘guided tours’ in the US. Here’s how it breaks down: go to the Pelican Poop Gift Shoppe, which now occupies the Casa, pay the $2 garden entrance fee and let the kitsch begin! Go into the peaceful green area out the back, then a recorded tape plays at the volume God uses whenever he says anything that begins with ‘Let there be…’ At this ear-splitting volume, a man with a voice that can only be described as Big Gay Al raised in Dixie, lays down the history of the Casa for you. It’s gloriously hilarious.