Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County.  It’s the largest city on the Mississippi River with a population of 655,155  (2012).  Because of its location, Memphis has become a national transportation hub with barge traffic, major interstate highways that cross through the city, and several freight railroads that serve the…...

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Blowing Rock is a very tiny but affluent town in northwest North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. It got its name from some unusual rocks above the town that cause vertical wind currents.  After the Civil War, summer residents began to come up from the nearby city of Lenoir to enjoy the cool fresh air and magnificent mountain views.  The village…...

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…...