Cancun is a new and major resort city in southeastern Mexico on the Yucatan Peninsula. The population has grown rapidly to over 600,000. The city began as a tourism project in 1974 as an Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR (Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo, National Fund for Tourism Development). Since then, it has undergone a comprehensive transformation from…...

Lancaster, population 60,000, is the capital of Lancaster County in south-central Pennsylvania.  Located in Pennsylvania Dutch country, it has pretty scenery. It is home to the private Franklin and Marshall College. The town has a long and important history - Conestoga wagons and the Pennsylvania long rifle were both made here. President James Buchanan hailed from Lancaster, as did Thaddeus…...

Thomasville, Georgia, the City of Roses, can be an interesting retirement community in  cotton plantation country. The surrounding countryside can be quite beautiful, although one cannot say that about all areas of town.  It does offer a reasonable cost of living. The active brick-paved downtown has been restored with live oaks draped in Spanish moss, magnolias, antebellum homes, and fragrant…...

Cape Elizabeth, Maine is an affluent suburb and small town of 9,000 just 5 miles from Portland.  This affluent town has a long, beautiful, and rocky coastline - much of which is visible from coastal roads.  Cape Elizabeth is an unusually beautiful place. The downtown is small but compact.  Besides providing access to great beaches like Higgins Beach and 3…...