St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, is made up of several towns and villages, each offering a different flavor with cultural venues, outdoor recreation, history, waterfronts, shopping and dining. The population was 264,570 in 2020, with the area continuing to grow. New Orleans is approximately 50 miles away across Lake Pontchartrain.  Photo of Madisonville's Tchfuncte River Lighthouse that stands on the Saint Tammany…...

East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex County, England, with a population of about 30,000, and sits about half way between London and the South coast. The Greenwich Meridian, where East meets West, runs through the village and right through the historic East Court, a 1768 mansion and home of the Town Council. East Grinstead's historic High Street reflects…...

Founded as a utopia in 1825, the small village of Yellow Springs, in southwestern Ohio, gets its names from the waters of a nearby spring that were rich in iron and produced a yellow coloring on the rocks, which was thought to be curative. The history of the town starts with communitarian efforts, that were dissolved due to internal conflicts,…...

Florence is a suburb south of Cincinatti with a population of about 30,000. It is somewhat famous for the "Florence Y'all" emblazoned water tower that is visible from I 75. (Photo above courtesy of Wikipedia and C. Matthew Curtin). The sign originally advertised the "Florence Mall", but when the sign was found to violate local signage regulations, a little paint…...