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As the closest mainland port to Martha’s Vineyard on Cape Cod, there’s lots of ferry activity from both Falmouth and Woods Hole. Hop on a boat at either of these locales and start recording lots of memorable sights and sounds of all the comings and goings at the ports and in the harbor and sound.…

Iconic Brevard

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Iconic Brevard Small-town America. That’s so much of what we love when touring, that’s so much of what we love here at Discovery Map. Most of our destinations, in fact, feature picture-postcard small towns that could make for perfect stage sets for movies such as It’s a Wonderful Life or TV shows like Mayberry R.F.D.…

History and Attractions of Southern Maine

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Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells, ME command attention for their natural and manmade beauty. Here you find some of the first incorporated towns of Maine–if not the whole country– where architecture from as far back as the early 1700s catches your eye at most every turn. First inhabited by Native Americans and later incorporated as Cape…

Hit the Streets of Durango

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Back in the day, every mining town of Colorado built a landmark hotel. That’s how they flaunted their riches and lodged the visiting bankers and financiers looking to invest in the mines. Fortunately many of those hotels remain today and Durango’s “grande dame,” the Strater Hotel, ranks as one of the most elegant. Go here…

History Highlights of Mt. Desert Island

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Huge piles of seashells found throughout the island indicate that Native Americans inhabited Mt. Desert Island throughout the ages. The first recorded reports of Maine Indians living here, however, date back to the early 1700s, about a hundred years after the first European explorers arrived in the area. Known as Wabanaki Indians, these peoples lived…

Historic Rehoboth Beach and Lewes

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There’s so much history in Rehoboth Beach and Lewes that you almost want at least one rainy day during your stay to visit the many sites and museums that document the centuries-worth of doings within these communities. Just ponder this: Delaware was named the first of the thirteen original colonies and is thus considered the…

Historically Speaking Lancaster

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Embracing the Pennsylvania Dutch and Amish culture most definitely plunges you back in time, however, there’s more dialing back of the years to be experienced elsewhere. Let’s start with Lancaster, the city that’s the seat of Lancaster County. Founded as a borough in1742 and then chartered as a city in 1818, it’s one of the…

Historically Gettysburg

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How do you begin to wrap your head around all the amazing history that is Gettysburg, Pennsylvania? That’s a good question to ponder before your set out for this exciting destination in south central Pennsylvania. Truly a bastion of history, there’s much to delve into in this town of about 10,000 inhabitants and also within…

Historic Sun Valley, Ketchum and Hailey

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Noteworthy as the first destination winter resort in the United States, a visit to Sun Valley, Idaho and the surrounding area promises a classic mountain experience, one enjoyed by famous and not-so famous people for almost ninety years. Developed in 1932 by W. Averell Harriman, the chairman of the Union Pacific Railroad, in an effort…

Historic Newport, RI

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Best known for its summer “cottages,” built by the Astors, Vanderbilts, Wideners and other wealthy industrialists, Newport’s history runs as deep as the waters off its shores. Founded in 1639, Newport grew to be a large settlement that became rich from its commercial activity, most of which was generated by its strategic position as an…