101 TRAVEL BITS

March 11 is Key Deer Awareness Day. Key deer are small deer who live on several islands in the Florida Keys. While there is some disagreement as to whether key deer are just very small white-tailed deer or a subspecies of white-tailed deer, one this is for sure: these...

This week, we published updates to 101 Travel Bits: The Florida Keys and the Overseas Highway (including post-Hurricane Irma information). In honor of that, we here at 101 Travel Bits thought it would be a great time for some fun facts about the highway which connects...

On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill establishing Yellowstone National Park into law. Yellowstone thus became the first national park in the world.

Home to half of the world's geothermal features and two-thirds of the world's geysers, Yellowstone...

March 1 is Plan a Solo Vacation Day. Lots of websites offer advice on how to stay safe as a solo traveler (like here and here). However, on a practical day-to-day basis, traveling alone has its own set of problems, from loneliness to boredom. Here are five tips for Pla...

If you have been to Key West, you have seen the Key West chickens. They wander Duval Street, they patrol the airport, and they wake you up in the morning. Most people who visit Key West don't know anything more about the chickens than that they make a great photo op. B...

The U.S. Army constructed the Alaska Highway, then known as ALCAN, during World War II. Although the original road has been replaced over time with a modern highway, you can still find history along its route if you know where to look. Today, we look at six places on o...

Are you planning a trip to the Florida Keys? Here are five travel tips to help make your trip to the Florida Keys a trip you will never forget!