15 Best Things to Do in Avon (CT)
This little town in Hartford County is on a bend in the Farmington River and takes its name from the River Avon in England. The land was first settled by …
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15 Best Things to Do in Didim (Turkey)
Backed by cotton and wheat fields, this mid-sized tourist resort on Turkey’s Aegean Coast takes its name from Didyma, an Ancient Greek sanctuary. Didyma has a 2,300-year-old Temple of Apollo …
15 Best Things to Do in Launceston (Australia)
Tasmania’s northern second city is at the head of the long Tamar River estuary. Launceston has a few things you don’t come across very often, like an awesome river gorge …
15 Best Things to Do in Wilton (CT)
This small town of just under 20,000 is on Fairfield County’s posh Gold Coast. True to its location, Wilton blends plush residential areas with the headquarters of international corporations like …
15 Best Things to Do in Madison (CT)
Only 15 miles east of New Haven, Madison is a historic oceanfront town with centuries-old architecture and miles of public shoreline. At Hammonasset Beach State Park you can lie back …
15 Best Things to Do in Ballarat (Australia)
The story of Australia’s third-largest inland city is tangled up in the Victorian gold rush of the mid-19th century. Gold was first discovered in the area in 1851 and this …
15 Best Things to Do in Traralgon (Australia)
Set in Victoria‘s Gippsland Region, Traralgon is the fastest-growing urban centre in the Latrobe Valley. The city grew up in the late-19th century at a railway junction, and one of …
15 Best Things to Do in Bendigo (Australia)
Near the remote centre of Victoria is a city that sprouted all of a sudden during the Victorian gold rush of the mid-19th century. Bendigo is on one of the …
25 Best Things to Do in Hobart (Australia)
Tasmania’s state capital is the second oldest in Australia and began life at the start of the 19th century as a penal colony. Some of Australia’s oldest institutions are based …
15 Best Things to Do in Southbury (CT)
Southbury in New Haven County is the only community in the entire United States with this name. The town points this fact out in its motto, “Unica Unaque”, which I …