No Name Pub in Big Pine Key, Florida

Dollar bills blanket nearly every inch of the walls and ceiling of this Big Pine Key dive, layered so thick in places that the original surfaces have disappeared. Some are neatly pinned. Others curl at the edges after years of humidity. Many are signed, dated, or decorated with messages from visitors who wanted to commemorate their visit. The building dates back to the 1930s and originally served as a general store, then a bait shop for local fishermen. For a few years, the upstairs storage room was even converted into a brothel, but after several years the brothel shuttered. (The fishermen...