The friendly, historic city of Hot Springs makes an excellent retirement community. Hot Springs Reservation was the first country’s Federal Reserve (1832) and became a National Park in 1921 (the nation's smallest by area). Its downtown Historic District protects the thermal waters and the historic and opulent buildings on Bathhouse Row. Fordyce Bath House is the centerpiece and museum headquarters.…...

Easton is a town of about 15,000 in Maryland, about 27 miles from Annapolis, but on the Delaware side.  It is located very near the Chesapeake, which automatically makes it a very good town for boating. Frederick Douglass lived here. The town has a number of interesting festivals including the Talbot County Fair and the Waterfowl Festival.  Picture of Third…...

California is a town of 10,000+ people in southern Maryland on a peninsula near the Chesapeake Bay. This part of Maryland is a bit too far to commute comfortable to Baltimore or Washington so it retains a more rural, small town feel than places closer to those Metros.  It is a great place for watersports as the Patuxent River empties…...

Grove City is a suburb of Columbus with a population of 36,000 (2014 census).  There is a historic downtown section and town center but many businesses, hotels and restaurants are located on Springtown Road.  Beulah Park opened in Grove City in 1923, and was the first thoroughbred racetrack in Ohio. It saw its final day of racing in 2014.  Picture…...