This city in North Central Florida can trace its history back more than 200 years. For a long time, Lake City was known as Alligator, and its most famous resident was the Seminole chief, Alligator Warrior. Nature abounds in the immediate countryside, with state parks, and city owned nature park, and the massive Osceola National …
The seat of Lake County is a lovely waterfront city among the Harris Chain of Lakes. With so much water all around, people needed an alternative way to travel long distances. This is the seaplane, and Tavares has long been known as America’s Seaplane City, with a base right on Lake Dora next to downtown. …
At the north end of the Jacksonville Beaches, Atlantic Beach is a shorefront community, bordering Jax but about 25 minutes from downtown. This part of the coastline was first developed at the turn of the 20th century with the arrival of the railroad. Atlantic Beach quickly became an elevated tourism hotspot, with an enormous luxury …
Directly north of Miami International Airport (MIA), Miami Springs is a city that sprang up overnight in the 1920s. More than a century later the golf course at the core of the planned development is still going strong. Elsewhere you can find a lot of other clues from those early days. One is the home …
This maritime town on the east bank of the Thames River is home to the United States Navy’s primary East Coast submarine base. A big chunk of Groton’s population is employed either at the base or at General Dynamics Electric Boat, the navy’s main submarine builder. So I reckon it’s no shock that Groton should …
Even to the uninitiated, Hamden is a name that may already ring a bell. This northern suburb of New Haven often ranks highly on lists of America’s most liveable towns. I’m smitten with the sense of community in Hamden, which you’ll witness at Town Center Park. It’s an idyllic venue for farmers’ markets, free concerts, …
By Long Island Sound, along the lower reaches of the Saugatuck River lies one of the richest towns of its size in the United States. Westport has an artistic pedigree and the sort of sophisticated downtown that I would never expect from a town of just 27,000. Actor Paul Newman moved to Westport in the …
The town of Enfield is in the very north of Connecticut, right against the Massachusetts state line on the east bank of the Connecticut River. Enfield is a rather quiet place, with an idyllic Town Green and historic district. Most of the commerce is clustered on a strip mall along Hazard Avenue, while there’s much …
Visiting this upscale island paradise, I had to remind myself that I was 15 minutes from downtown Miami. Bookended by a state park and sprawling county park, Key Biscayne feels a lot more secluded than it really is. To the south is Cape Florida, commanded by a lighthouse that has stood here for 200 years. …
The longest coastline of any settlement in Connecticut is found at this city, West of New Haven and bounded by the Housatonic River. What surprises me is just how varied Milford’s shoreline can be, at the bird-rich Charles Island and Milford Point or sandy stretches like Walnut Beach. The entire shore is primed for outdoor …