While charting Pensacola Bay in 1693, winds blew Spanish cartographer Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora was blown off course. A native Indian chief helped the lost sailors find land – which they named Perdido Key or ‘lost’ key. Perdido Key is an offshore barrier island community between Pensacola, Florida, and Orange Beach, Alabama. Part of…
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Best Bars in Chattanooga
Chattanooga is Tennessee’s best-kept secret. Known unofficially as “Gig City,” owing to claims that it has the fastest internet service in the Western Hemisphere, it sits in the Appalachian Mountain foothills along the Georgia border. Arguably not on a coast, water plays is central to the city’s success. “Chatt City” is buzzing, with plenty to…