Set in the western portion of Massachusetts, Northampton is an exciting college town (Smith College) in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains. It is a sought after retirement community among its graduates and many literary types. Northampton boasts a very rich cultural environment. Several famous movies have been shot here including parts of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”, “Cider House…...

Downers Grove is a Chicago suburb with a population of about 50,000. It has a vital downtown with many shops and restaurants which attract tourists from the Chicago area. It hosts numerous festivals throughout the year. The Orange Lyman Home is purported to have been a stop on the Underground Railway. Picture of Tivoli Theater 2009 courtesy of Wikipedia and…...

Townsend is a very small town, but experienced a 492% increase in population from the 2000 census (of about 800 people) to a little over 2000 people in 2010.  Townsend is located in northwest Delaware, south of Middletown and north of Smyrna.  Picture of Immanuel Church in the town's Historic District, and picture of a home in the Historic District…...

Pasadena, the City of Roses, is a small city of almost 150,000 that is located north of Los Angeles. It is most famous as the home of the Rose Bowl and the Tournament of Roses Parade. the cultural center of the area with several colleges (Cal Institute of Technology) and many leading museums such as the Norton Simon and the…...