Plymouth Massachusetts is one of the most famous towns in America. It is here that the Pilgrims landed and successful European-American settlement began in 1620.  The town is about 40 miles south of Boston and just above the beginning of Cape Cod on the Atlantic Ocean. Plymouth has over 50,000 residents. The area has experienced rapid population growth and is…...

Apalachicola is a small town of a few thousand people on the Gulf Coast of Florida, about an hour south of Tallahassee.  This old and wealthy fishing town has a long history due to its location on the rich fishing and oystering areas of the Gulf Coast.  Apalachicola has a very interesting downtown with many restored buildings reminiscent of the…...

Coudersport, Pennsylvania, is  the county seat in Potter County, affectionately known as "God's Country".  Coudersport lies in north central Pennsylvania, approximately 25 miles south of the New York State border.  The community is  surrounded by forests and State Parks with the Commonwealth owning much of the neighboring land.  The area was caught up in the lumber boom from 1890 until…...

Aurora is a city of close to 200,000, located to the east of Chicago in northeastern Illinois. The city has a long history of manufacturing. Many historical buildings were created during its most prosper and some of them remain today, such as the Paramount Theater.  Aurora University is within the town. Photo of The Phillips Park 'Sunken Garden...