WHY GO: The Wildwoods, a Jersey Shore barrier island that encompasses the municipalities of North Wildwood (aka “Anglesea”), Wildwood NJ, and Wildwood Crest, embraces a fleeting moment before the groovy psychedelic era. It was a point in time when “Doo Wop” music commandeered the airwaves and kooky “Jetsonian” architecture ruled …
WHY GO: It’s no big secret that Hanover NH is Dartmouth College. The campus takes up most of Hanover, including the Town Green and some shops. But there are several reasons why even non-college bound explorers flock to this quintessential New England community: for the world-renowned Assyrian Reliefs dating back …
WHY GO: Cecil County MD is the most undiscovered county in the upper Chesapeake region, and therein lies much of its charm. Encompassing five rivers, the Chesapeake Bay, and an important transportation Canal, this area of Maryland is most known for a land-based sport – Horsemanship. The Fair Hill International …
WHY GO: Queen Anne’s County MD has the distinction of sitting almost within reach of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, offering one chief reason to stay: a sunset the likes you’ve never seen before. But of course, there’s so much more. Queen Anne’s County is carved out of the easternmost part …
WHY GO: If you’re a Mark Twain fan, you don’t even have to ask. To many, Elmira NY and Mark Twain are forever linked in history. How? Read on. Things to Do in Elmira NY VISIT: Mark Twain’s Study on the campus of Elmira College, Elmira NY All Mark Twain …
WHY GO: Six years ago, I wrote of the then sleepy Keuka Lake, the one with “Shape Pride:” Of all the 11 Finger Lakes, Keuka Lake is not the largest, smallest or deepest. But it does have one feature that instills pride in all who live along its shores. It …
WHY GO: In the mid-1800s, America was questioning its ethics and morals vis a vis slavery, women’s rights, and the demon rum. At the same time, little Seneca Falls NY, on a branch of the Erie Canal near Lake Ontario, was drawing Abolitionists, Suffragists, proponents of Temperance, and other agitators. …
WHY GO: Jimmy Stewart and Punxsutawney Phil are just the beginning in Punxsutawney and Indiana PA region. Also known as an Abolitionist stronghold, and for its Christmas Trees, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and, interestingly, its “Salt Wells,” this region has plenty to recommend it. In 1910, after coal companies had …
WHY GO: Known principally for it’s world-class and uber-historic hotel, The Omni Bedford Springs Resort, the town of Bedford PA actually has a few quirky attractions up its sleeve. In addition, the somber Flight 93 Memorial is a 30 minute drive away. Stay in 200-year-old spa luxury, check out some …
WHY GO: Rimmed by mountains, the stunning Raystown Lake in Midwestern PA is 30 miles long with 118 miles of shoreline – nearly all of it maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers. Where is Raystown Lake? It’s 90 miles west of PA’s State Capital, Harrisburg. And just 30 miles …