Oklahoma City was founded during the great land rush of 1889. It reached a population of 10,000 in just a few hours. Today its population is over 600,000 (and growing) with over a million in the Metro. Located almost exactly in the center of the state, it is the capital of Oklahoma. In the late 1900s downtown Oklahoma City became…...

Arnaudville, settled by the French in the 1700s, is located in South Central Louisiana. This small town of just 1,400 people offers the Southern quaintness of a tiny community with the convenience of being 35 miles away from Lafayette and its 540,000 residents. Retirees here find a quiet, easygoing and neighborly lifestyle. This Spanish moss-strewed town has also recently attracted…...

Sonoma is the center of the California's wine industry, situated as it is between Napa and Santa Rosa.  It has historic town plaza, a remnant of when Sonoma was the capital of the short-lived California Republic. Surprisingly for a town of only about 10,000 people, Sonoma is a cultural powerhouse. It is home to the new $145 million dollar Donald and…...

Healdsburg is a town of about 11,000 in the Sonoma County, not far north of Santa Rosa.  Tourists come here for the food and wine as well as to bicycle through the hills and vineyards.  three of the most important wine-producing regions (the Russian River, Dry Creek, and Alexander Valley) meet in Healdsburg. The town is centered on a 19th…...