Located on Florida’s scenic Atlantic coast in Palm Beach County, I had the pleasure of experiencing the beautiful town of Delray Beach myself. It’s renowned for its stunning stretches of shoreline and the peaceful, family-friendly atmosphere that attracts sun-seekers from all corners of the country. Delray Beach, with its modest population of just 60,000, holds …
Ask me for the best place to go kayaking in Sarasota County, and my honest answer would be North Port, a land-locked city a few miles north of Charlotte Harbor. North Port has a grid of canals, adding up to almost 80 miles, eventually linking with the ‘wild and scenic’ Myakka River. In the last …
Incorporated in 1925, the city of Jupiter is in northern Palm Beach County and is part of the Miami metropolitan area, which is the state’s largest population center, home to more than six million residents. Jupiter is between Lake Okeechobee to the west and The Bahamas, which lie off the Atlantic coast to the east. …
A few minutes from downtown Miami and Miami Beach, North Miami is a well-located suburb with a lot of things to do close by. The local cultural heavyweight is the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), putting on thought-provoking exhibitions, and engaging the community with programs like a monthly jazz concert. I have spent a lot …
Just outside Daytona Beach, Port Orange is a much quieter city with more than 150 years of history. Things have developed quickly in the last 20 years, and when I wrote this article there were more than 60,000 inhabitants. The city is known for its award-winning municipal complex, on the shores of a beautiful pond, …
An affluent town on Connecticut’s Gold Coast, Fairfield is blessed with some alluring beaches on Long Island Sound, as well as old neighborhoods on quaint town greens. In summer, Jennings Beach is a joyous place to while away a sunny day. The shore here is visited by food trucks and there are family film screenings …
More than a century after their silk empire peaked, I still can’t talk about Manchester without mentioning the Cheney family. A big slice of the south of this city, east of Hartford, belongs to the Cheney Brothers Historic District. There you can see the great brick-built mills accompanied by 19th-century worker communities designed according to …
In Broward County, Coconut Creek was first developed in the late 1970s and is still growing, with almost 60,000 residents at the last census. The city has adopted the nickname, Butterfly Capital of the World. This comes from the wildlife attraction, Butterfly World, which opened in 1988 and has been a real local success story. …
Set between St. Petersburg and Sarasota, Bradenton is a lovable city where the Manatee River flows into the Gulf of Mexico. The river and surrounding county are named after the large, slow-moving marine mammals that are one of the state’s most recognizable animal icons. Bradenton is a place that means a lot to me, with …
At the southern terminus of Amtrak’s 855-mile Auto Train, Sanford is one of the oldest incorporated cities in Florida, in a beautiful setting on the south shore of Lake Monroe. This sweeping body of water is at the head of navigation on the picturesque St. John’s River, and Sanford’s waterfront harmonizes perfectly with the lake. …