Oxford is the county seat of Lafayette County, Mississippi, founded in 1837, and named for Oxford England.  With a population of 25,416 (2020 census), the city is located in the North Central Hills region and offers a walkable downtown, historical sites, museums, performing arts theaters, and music venues. Oxford has been home to many famous authors including William Faulkner, and…...

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…...

Banning is a  town of 29,000 near the San Gorgonio Pass; north of San Diego and east of Los Angeles. Palm Springs and Riverside are nearby.  It is named for Phineas Banning who was a stagecoach line operator and Father of the Port of Los Angeles.  The area was first settled by the Cahuilla Indians and then as a Spanish…...

Merritt Island is a peaceful retirement community of about 36,000 residents (2020),  located on the so-called “Space Coast” off Florida’s east coast. Nature gets top billing in Merritt Island. Its centerpiece is the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which is comprised of 22 square miles of wetlands and home to more than 300 species of birds. Merritt Island represents an…...