14 Best Things to do in Southwest Ranches (FL)
Where the urban sprawl meets the Everglades, Southwest Ranches resembles nowhere in Greater Miami. One of the reasons this town was incorporated in 2000 was to stop it being annexed …
Month: February 2020
15 Best Things to Do in Groveland (FL)
This city in Lake County is growing faster than I can write. No kidding, since 2010 the population has more than tripled to nearly 25,000. Groveland is in a region …
10 Best Things to Do in Hasselt (Netherlands)
In Medieval times Hasselt was on the Zuiderzee, a saltwater bay of the North Sea, and as a member of the Hanseatic League was a major player in northern European …
10 Best Things to Do in Breskens (Netherlands)
On the Scheldt Estuary, Breskens is a fishing town that for hundreds of years made its livelihood on the water. Since the 20th century the fishing industry has declined, but …
10 Best Things to Do in Coevorden (Netherlands)
The oldest town in the province Drenthe, Coevorden grew up around a castle on a ford on the road between Münster and Groningnen. In the 17th century Coevorden was completely …
10 Best Things to Do in Bergen aan Zee (Netherlands)
An arty and well-to-do coastal village minutes from Alkmaar, Bergen aan Zee is in the sandy folds of the North Holland dunes. From as early as the 1600s the dunes, …
11 Best Things to Do in Monnickendam (Netherlands)
The small but photogenic town of Monnickendam was a big-hitter at the turn of the 17th century, pulling in trade from across the Baltic Sea. A cosy old tangle of …
10 Best Things to Do in Marken (Netherlands)
In the space of a century a lot of things have changed for Marken. What used to be an island is now a peninsula, joined to North Holland by a …
10 Best Things to Do in Het witte stadje Thorn (Netherlands)
On the Belgian border in Limburg, the origins of the white village of Thorn go back to the last quarter of the 10th century when it was founded as a …
15 Best Things to Do in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida
One of a long string of shorefront communities along SR A1A in Brevard County, Indian Harbour Beach is in a wonderful spot. First, there’s the Atlantic shore, with public beach …