“Dry Tortugas National Park and the Marquesas are uninhabited, remote islands west of the Florida Keys without the infrastructure or means to sustain occupancy long term and accessible only by boat or ...

After a 2 1/2-hour boat ride, it finally comes into focus: an enormous fort in the Gulf of Mexico that seems to rise up out of the water. Beneath it: a tiny island known as the Dry Tortugas. Kristen ...

The closure "is expected to last several days." Dry Tortugas National Park announced it would close on Monday after multiple migrant landings throughout the region over the past couple days shut down ...

A group of men sit by a brick wall at Fort Jefferson on Garden Key within the Dry Tortugas National Park, with laundry hung to dry behind them. The National Park Service closed the Tortugas Sunday, ...

I was excited to visit Dry Tortugas National Park, a remote Florida oasis near Key West. I spent nearly $500 on a seaplane instead of a more affordable ferry ride — and I'm so glad I did. I loved ...

I spent $220 to take a ferry from Key West to Dry Tortugas National Park. The ticket price also included two meals, admission to the park, and an optional tour. The ride was rough, but I'd recommend ...

DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK, (AP) — A 74-year-old woman died while snorkeling in the Dry Tortugas National Park, which is in the Gulf of Mexico west of Key West, Florida. Monroe County Sheriff’s ...

The site, discovered by marine archaeologists about 70 miles from Key West, Fla., once held a quarantine hospital and cemetery for those stationed at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park.

The 19th century hospital was used to treat patients with yellow fever. The archeological remains of a 19th century hospital and cemetery have been found on a submerged island near Garden Key, the ...

DRY TORGUAS NATIONAL PARK, Fla. — A 74-year-old woman died while snorkeling in the Dry Tortugas National Park, which is in the Gulf of Mexico west of Key West, Florida. Monroe County Sheriff's ...