The Anna Maria Historical Society Museum resides in a former icehouse built in the 1920s. Artifacts and maps trace the island's history back to a lonely fish camp accessible only by boat.

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Florida – For more than 100 years, the Anna Maria City Pier has been a destination for residents and tourists, a scenic gathering spot in the center of town. The pier became a ...

About 25 miles north of Siesta Key – around an hour's drive – is Anna Maria Island, a barrier island off the coast of Bradenton overlooking Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Long a favorite ...

A week after Hurricane Helene’s storm surge swept ashore and devastated Anna Maria Island, the popular Southwest Florida tourist destination is still digging out of the wreckage. Signs of ...

The most photographed spot on Florida’s Anna Maria Island, if not second to photos of the sun setting over the Gulf of Mexico, may be the Old City Jail. The rough stone structure is graffitied ...

Anna Maria Island remains under a curfew with access limited to residents, business owners and first responders. Hurricane Helene ravaged Manatee County’s barrier island as it twisted through ...