Gary and Elva Bittner have taken the world by storm. Or at least by plane, sailboat, and car. Elva is originally from Cuba ...

BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. — A tiny bottle with a message inside traveled from Hawaii in ocean currents before being washed ashore in Bradenton Beach on Sunday and found by a girl visiting from Michigan.

The precarious edge beckons visitors to peer into the depths of nothingness. It's surrounded by a black landscape, only ...