"Square grouper" is slang for the large, compressed bales of marijuana resembling large fish that smugglers utilized when importing the contraband to the coastlines of South Florida and the state’s ...

Way down south and east in Collier County, Florida, in The Everglades, is a town called Chokoloskee that until 1955 could only be accessed by boat. It's worth the drive to explore this old Florida ...

Chokoloskee and Everglades City, two fishing villages-turned-travel-destinations that sit next to each other on the cusp of Everglades National Park and the Gulf of Mexico, have seen more than their ...

Everglades City and Chokoloskee survived hurricanes Donna in 1960, Wilma in 2005, Irma in 2017, and now Ian in 2022. A once thriving tourist economy is ready to boom again as most of the local ...

Chokoloskee, Florida, once accessible only by boat, is rich in history and located in the Everglades. The Smallwood Store, a former trading post, now serves as a museum showcasing the area's history.