Aviva Brickman, 11, had been on Sanibel Island, Fla., with her family for less than 24 hours and was already on her third shell hunt. This session was a little more official: a guided beach walk ...

You may have driven by Shell World in Key Largo on your way to Key West. But you should stop at this Florida Keys landmark - it’s got the best vacation souvenirs and plenty of items for locals, too.

SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. - Aviva Brickman, 11, had been on Sanibel Island, Fla., with her family for less than 24 hours and was already on her third shell hunt. This session was a little more official ...

Learn how to find and identify common shells in southwest Florida and how to clean and transport these gifts from the sea. Keeper Chats in the Living Gallery at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. guide visitors to ...

The bowl contained big chunks of spiny lobster, cooked through but still wrapped in the shell, swimming with green pepper and onion in a tasty, tomato-y broth, poured over rice.

Share this Story : Get to know your souvenirs on a guided beach walk with a marine naturalist at a Florida shell museum ...

But souvenir trends go in cycles, Felcher believes, and, for every Florida knickknack made, there's a buyer waiting somewhere. Why something sells may be a mystery, she said, but the real mystery ...

Established in 1969 as Florida's state shell, it is also said to be one of the largest carnivorous gastropods in the world. ... souvenir-hunting tourists and collectors for many years, ...

It’s the geography of Sanibel and Captiva, a pair of islands off Florida’s west coast near Fort Myers, that has made them a destination for gathering seashells.