Dry Tortugas National Park

The remote location of these seven islands is the perfect place to stash your plunder and lay low.

It’s a two hour and fifteen minute ferry ride from Key West to Fort Jefferson, or forty minutes by seaplane. The fort is located on Garden Key, the second largest island in the chain. It’s full of sandy beaches perfect for frolicking. There’s also top notch snorkeling among the coral reefs. While you're there, keep your eyes peeled for marine life like the resident sea turtles.

The largest island is Loggerhead Key, home to the Dry Tortugas Lighthouse. This lighthouse, along with the Garden Key lighthouse, were the only two in the Gulf that stayed on for the entire Civil War.

Bush Key used to be called Hog Island because of the pigs that were raised there. It’s now a large nesting site for migratory birds. Bush Key is closed from April to September to protect the nesting sooty terns and brown noddies.

The rest of the islets are tiny and come and go with the hurricanes that sometimes hit the area. Some of them aren’t much more than a strip of sand.

Oh, and we should warn you: don’t plan on uploading any Instagrams photos while visiting this park; cell service is practically nil. Of course, that just gives you more time to soak up the sun, sights, and history at this tropical outpost on the edge of America.