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[Times photo: Robert N. Jenkins]
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First Things First
It might be small enough to overlook, but a trip to our nation's First State reaps big rewards.
Monticello: American genius at work
Thomas Jefferson's home still pulls in visitors with its stunning architecture, impressive gadgetry and beautiful grounds, and the complex mastermind who built them.
Simon Legree in petticoats
WOODLAND, Del. -- In a state where you practically stumble over Colonial this or Underground Railroad that, this spot 40 miles in from the Chesapeake Bay has its own colorful lore. It centers on the outrageously bloody Patty Cannon.
Delaware: if you go
Personal observation after spending a week in Delaware: I have never been greeted more by passers-by: "How're you doing today?" "Try to stay dry." It may seem like a phenomenon nowadays, but such pleasantries make you look strangers in the face and actually see people, not just moving shapes sharing the sidewalk. Quite refreshing.
Come for the eagles, stay for thousands of others
DORCHESTER COUNTY, Md. -- It may be the best place to see nesting eagles north of Florida, yet eagles are just part of the show at a 25,000-acre refuge located 12 miles south of Cambridge, Md.
Maritime monuments
Along the convoluted shores of Chesapeake Bay, 25 lighthouses still stand. Four of them are open to visitors on their original sites.
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For thousands of annual visitors, Acapulco is the ideal holiday resort. This Pacific resort is a Mecca for those who love swimming, shopping, and enjoying the nightlife. Acapulco Bay, one of the world's best natural harbors, is the city's centerpiece. The weather is Acapulco's major draw--warm waters, almost constant sunshine, and year-round temperatures in the 80s. It comes as no surprise, then, that most people plan their day around laying their towel on some part of Acapulco's many kilometers of beach.
