On Labor Day weekend 1935, a massive Category 5 storm rocked Florida, killing more than 400 people. Residents of the tiny, five-acre Pigeon Key a few miles west of Marathon fled just before their ...

Reporting from Pigeon Key, Fla. — Getting to Pigeon Key these days isn’t as easy as it used to be. In years past, it was a popular place to take a break -- and maybe grab a cold drink or dash a few ...

All aboard the Pigeon Key Express! After 15 years, a new train has finally arrived in Pigeon Key toting passengers ready to explore the wonders of the island. Passengers stepped onto the bright ...

‘For quite some time it was just me living out here... me, the cat and a [rescue] duck, for a little over a year,' says Kelly McKinnon, who has spent the past 14 years living on Pigeon Key, a ...

MARATHON — From the back door of the two-story bridge foreman’s house, I watched a fisherman cast a line from a sandbar. A brown pelican swooped low over the pier behind the house, which stretched ...

The damaged mile marker lost its "K" more than five years ago. The marker will be restored and placed at the Big Pine Swimming Hole, near Pine Channel Bridge. The Overseas Railroad ended its working ...