Westfield is a small city of 41,000 in western Massachusetts near Springfield and north of Hartford, CT.  This is a pretty agricultural area on the edge of the Connecticut River Valley that is quite hilly, thanks to the Metacomet Ridge. There are some nice parks in town, as well as Westfield State University. The parks are: Amelia Park Ice Rink…...

Manning is a small town of just under 4,000 people in central South Carolina, south of Florence. It is home to F.E. DuBose Campus of Central Carolina Technical College. Nearby Lake Marion is famous for it's landlocked striped bass and Manning is home for the annual Striped Bass Festival. Photos of The NRHP-listed Commercial Historic District in Manning and photo…...

The City of Palm Coast is an enormous planned community of approximately 90,000 residents (2020), located on Florida’s northeast coast, equidistant from the large cities of Jacksonville and Orlando. Many of its residents are active adults using it as a retirement community. Palm Coast is one of the more interesting hybrid communities in existence. Planned originally by ITT as a…...

Danbury is a small city in western Connecticut of about 81,000. It was formerly called the Hat City because it was a center of hat manufacturing.  There is a very large mall in town now on a former industrial site. This part of northwestern Connecticut on Candlewood Lake and near the Hudson River is very beautiful....