Dry Tortugas National Park announced it would close on Monday after multiple migrant landings throughout the region over the past couple days shut down operations at the park. A statement released by ...

Researchers at the Dry Tortugas National Park found a 19th-century hospital and cemetery underwater. The archaeological remains were located near an island adjacent to Garden Key, Florida. The ...

Archeologists found the remains of a 19th century cemetery and quarantine hospital in the Gulf of Mexico on a submerged island in Florida’s Dry Tortugas National Park. Historical records indicate ...

Like a mirage, the park appeared, a small series of islets surrounded by glittering, aquamarine seawater, with its main attraction--the Civil War-era Fort Jefferson--sitting squat in the middle of ...

“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 ...

Aerial view of Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida Mia2you Shutterstock For folks who love immersing themselves in the beauty and extravagance of nature, taking a trip to a ...

Dry Tortugas National Park is working to unfold and share stories of Fort Jefferson soldiers, enslaved people, women, children and civilian laborers. Researchers at the Dry Tortugas National Park ...

Archeologists have found the remains of a 19th century quarantine hospital and cemetery on a submerged island in Florida's Dry Tortugas National Park in the Gulf of Mexico. While only one grave has ...