Seaford is located in Sussex County Delaware, in the southwest portion of the state near its border with Maryland. The area around Seaford is flat and rural and largely agricultural, though commercial fishing is a big economic driver as well, both in the area’s tidal rivers and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Visitors to …
The town of New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware, is the perfect base for visitors to the state wishing to stay in a quiet location that is also central to many attractions, services, and major centers. The town is mostly known for its historical significance in the state and the United States as a …
Wilmington Manor is a municipality of about 10,000 residents that’s located in north-central Delaware’s New Castle County. It lies along the western shore of the Delaware River, between Wilmington proper to the north, Newark to the west, and New Castle to the south. Like most of the state’s cities and towns, there is an abundance …
When it comes to being central, laid-back, and exciting, with access to many services and attractions, Millsboro, Delaware, has it all. Situated in Sussex County, Millsboro is a small town of only 4,000 people, so visitors can be assured of fewer crowds and more open space to relax and explore. Millsboro is a pretty riverside …
Beautiful, historical, and natural are all words that can be used to accurately describe the small, historic town of Laurel in Sussex County, Delaware. With a population of only 4,000 people, visitors to this Atlantic Coastal Plain town on the Delmarva Peninsula can expect a quiet, relaxing vacation away from the crowds of the bigger …
In Tolland County on the border with Massachusetts, Stafford is an ensemble of small villages with a downtown at Stafford Springs, where the Middle River and Furnace Brook meet to form the Willimantic. This place had long been frequented for its natural springs, and in 1771 a young John Adams spent some time here to …
This small residential town is not far west of New Haven, and is the site of the Yale West Campus where many of this famous university’s scientific institutes can be found. And even though Orange has a mostly suburban character there’s lots of 19th-century history around the Town Green, with a refined Federal-style church and …
In Litchfield County and close to the city of Bristol, Plymouth may be a minor town today but played a major role in the history of American manufacturing. What is now Plymouth was first settled in 1720 on land acquired from the Tunxis Indians. At the end of that century Eli Terry started a clockmaking …
This affluent town in western New Haven County is a constellation of small settled areas cutting in from the Housatonic River and almost touching the Naugatuck River in the east. Oxford’s appeal comes from its extensive parks, where you can walk the route of a long lost railroad, discover waterfalls at the site of former …
Winchester is a small town in the southern Berkshires, hailed for its quality of life. This has much to do with the beautiful nature all around. There are lakes, ponds, brooks, natural springs and wooded hills to discover, but Winchester’s Winsted section also has the feel of a small city. This was one of the first …