Located at the terminus of Cape Cod is one of America’s more interesting retirement communities, Provincetown, Massachusetts. P-town, as it known, reflects a combination of its early history as one of the first settlements in the new world (the Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact in its harbor), an early immigration of Portuguese sailors, and a long-standing tradition as an openly…...

Biloxi, Mississippi, is on the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi Sound. This old town has miles and miles (26) of white sandy beaches and at least 9 major casinos, including the Hard Rock, Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville, and Beau Rivage. The city has many attractions (see What is Special in next section) besides these as well.  Biloxi has a small…...

Hanover, New Hampshire, is located in the scenic Upper Connecticut River Valley, with the river forming the border between Vermont and New Hampshire, in what is called the Upper Valley.  It was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth in 1761, and in 1765, its first European inhabitants arrived. The Town has a population of 11,870 (per 2020 census), and is the…...

Palmar Norte is a very small town near the southern Pacific coast of beautiful Costa Rica where the Osa Peninsula begins.  Along with nearby Palmar Sur across the Rio Terraba, it is in the Osa region of Puntarenas Province. Palmar Sur has an airport with daily connections to San Jose. There are plans to expand this airport to international status…...