Port Jefferson is a small town of almost 8,000 on the north shore of Long Island.   Port Jefferson is the site of the busy ferry between Bridgeport Connecticut and Long Island.  It is a growing tourist town with many interesting shops and restaurants. It is very popular with boaters because of its great harbors and sheltered sailing.  Long Island's North…...

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…...

Frederica is a very small (less than 800) Delaware town just south of Dover and fairly near the Delaware River Bay.  Formerly agricultural, the area is transitioning into suburbs and active adult communities are being built here as well.  Picture of Barretts Chapel courtesy of Wikipedia (public domain); picture of Frederica Town Hall courtesy of Wikipedia and Smallbones (public domain)....

The charming and historic town of Breckenridge, Colorado, sits 9,300 feet above sea level in a U-shaped valley on the western slope of the Continental Divide. The small town has a population of 4,749 residents (2014 census), but that number swells to 39,000 during the busy ski season with visitors and the many second home owners. Breckenridge Ski Resort is…...