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Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

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Key West, FL

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An 1851 Spanish Colonial house built by marine architect Asa Tift, bought by Ernest Hemingway in 1931, where he wrote for much of the decade; it is a National Historic Landmark famous for its colony of six-toed cats descended from Hemingway's pets.

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Sensitive visitors report the sound of a typewriter and apparitions associated with Ernest and his second wife Pauline; a cat is said to keep watch over the pet cemetery on the grounds.

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Open to the public daily as a museum.

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