Fredericksburg is a fast growing old town near the Rappahannock River in Virginia. The area is extremely popular as a retirement community with many active adult communities either recently or in the process of being built.There is a 40-block national historic district in the city's downtown area that contains more than 350 buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries. Fredericksburg…...

Newport News is a busy port, shipbuilding center, and military center in Virginia's Hampton Roads. The population is about 180,000.  Photo of Oyster Point City Center, a redevelopment project, courtesy of Wikipedia and Durrock. The North End is an historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The city has its rough edges as well as its charms.…...

Solomons Island, also known as Solomon, is a charming small town on the banks of the Patuxent River where it meets the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Popular with tourists and boaters alike, it bustles in summer where folks come to eat and drink and enjoy the water views. The population is just over 2,000. The area has been inhabited since…...

Sebastopol, California, a small town in Sonoma County, is surrounded by apple orchards and vineyards, and located just 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean. It's considered the gateway to the Sonoma Coastline, the Russian River and the Redwood Corridor.  In the early 1900's, Sebastopol was a major apple producer and became the “Gravenstein Apple Capital of World”.  Today there are…...