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 among ...

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 with ...

June Compiled by Lisa Neff Throughout 2025, every issue of The Islander contained news of efforts on Anna Maria Island to ...

ANNA MARIA, Fla. — The Rod N' Reel Pier restaurant on Anna Maria Island was swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico in the whipping winds of Hurricane Milton, which made landfall Wednesday night in Siesta Key ...