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Aerial view of Cedar Key fishing village and the surrounding Gulf island chain
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Cedar Key — Florida's Last Fishing Village and the Forgotten Gulf Coast

Three hours north of Tampa, the highway ends at a 750-person fishing town on a Gulf island. No traffic light, no chains, 1880s wooden buildings, the best clams in Florida, and a kayak crossing to an abandoned 19th-century town site. Old Florida is still here.
Wooden stilt houses standing in the shallow waters of Stiltsville, Biscayne Bay
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Stiltsville — Biscayne Bay's Seven Wooden Houses on Stilts

A mile off Cape Florida, seven wooden houses stand on pilings over three feet of turquoise water. They are the last of thirty. They survived Hurricane Andrew. You cannot legally walk inside without a permit — but you can boat there, kayak there, and photograph them at golden hour.