Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 2: The Most Beautiful Drive in America, State Road 4A

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Flying into Key West is super-convenient, but people who fly into Key West miss one of the best parts of the Florida Keys: The Overseas Highway, which connects mainland Florida with the Florida Keys. The road didn't always look the way it does today, however. Brad and Cathy explain it all. 

Florida Keys Extras

No Name Pub on No Name Key used to be a brothel

The Pineapple Express? Yup, pineapples in the Florida Keys!

The Seven-Mile Bridge in True Lies

A pictorial trip across the Overseas Highway

Last Train to Paradise

Hurricane of 1935

Have you met Fred?

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