15 Best Things to Do in New Haven (CT)
Study a map of New Haven and you’ll see a four-by-four grid at its heart, dating from 1638 when this was the first planned city in America. Since 1701 New …
15 Best Things to Do in Southington (CT)
In the 19th and early 20th century Southington was a town of heavy industry edged by fruit farms. During that time the town’s manufacturers were responsible for a few world-firsts. …
14 Best Things to Do in Miami Shores (FL)
This suburban village was developed in the Florida land boom of the 1920s as Miami’s Biscayne neighborhood. Miami Shores was incorporated not long after, in the middle of the Great …
15 Best Things to Do in Key West (FL)
At the far end of the Overseas Highway, and at the southernmost points of the continental United States is an island and city unlike anywhere else in the country. The …
15 Best Things to Do in New Smyrna Beach (FL)
It’s easy to fall in love with this historic seaside city on Florida’s central east coast. One of New Smyrna Beach’s draws is the Atlantic shoreline, with 17 miles of …
15 Best Things to Do in Sebastian (FL)
In 1715, eleven Spanish treasure galleons were shipwrecked in the Atlantic next to Sebastian. Naturally, this stretch of shoreline has come to be known as the Treasure Coast. In and …
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 …
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 …