15 Best Things to Do in Mansfield (CT)
This small town in eastern Connecticut has little villages, scenic roads winding into upland countryside and remnants of mills from the 18th and 19th centuries. The landscape is dotted with …
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15 Best Things to Do in Edgewater (FL)
True to its name, this understated city is right on the Indian River Lagoon, just south of New Smyrna Beach. Though not a major destination in its own right, Edgewater …
15 Best Things to Do in Cocoa Beach (FL)
Crammed onto the narrow neck of Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach is a world-famous beach city. With the ocean on one side and the Banana River lagoon on the other, it’s …
15 Best Things to Do in Haines City (FL)
In Central Florida, Haines City rests in a landscape of rolling sandy hills, lakes, and citrus farms. This place has a social calendar that would put most towns twice its …
15 Best Things to Do in Sunny Isles Beach (FL)
A city of skyscrapers, Sunny Isles Beach occupies just 1.8 square miles of barrier island between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. When I wrote this article Sunny Isles Beach was the …
15 Best Things to Do in Venice (FL)
A perfect example of a planned city, Venice came about in the mid-1920s and grew steadily as the 20th century progressed. Today Venice is an official Florida MainStreet City, with …
15 Best Things to Do in Safety Harbor (FL)
Next to Clearwater, on the peaceful shores of Tampa Bay, Safety Harbor is a small town with a lot of personality. With a quaint Main Street, community gardens, peculiar outsider …
15 Best Things to Do in DeBary (FL)
By Lake Monroe on the St. Johns River, DeBary is a city named for a 19th-century wine merchant. He decided to build a winter estate near the river, and in doing …
15 Best Things to Do in Hialeah Gardens (FL)
North of Doral and west of Hialeah, this city of more than 20,000 is on the very western edge of the Miami Metropolitan Area. Until the 1960s the landscape in …