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The Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum has extended their reach and strengthened its mission with a new online collection. The online collection displays 10,000 photographs and postcards now available for viewing on the museum’s website at ocmuseum.org. These images reveal … Continue reading →

Did you know that Salisbury used to house cranberry bogs along the Wicomico River?  This is just one of the many things we learned while spending a day with Chesapeake Tours and Promotions.  Owner of Chesapeake Tours and Promotions, Priscilla … Continue reading →

Deep in the Pocomoke Forest lives a mysterious mansion.  Rumors of the home being haunted have brought many to the area, driving by slowly to catch a glimpse of the beautiful architecture, and even maybe a ghost. This home, located … Continue reading →

Thursday, June 8th, 15 lucky participants will be able to tour a home in downtown Lewes that was once the Rehoboth Beach Life Saving Station.  After touring the historic home, the group will walk to the restored Lewes Life Saving … Continue reading →

If you’ve never ventured out to explore the State Parks in Delaware, this is the year to do it! With so many events, camps and programs to choose from, it’s going to be difficult to balance your life between the … Continue reading →

Located along the Tangier Sound, Crisfield is a small town nearly surrounded by water. Where there is water, we search for a beach, and along the way we discovered a rich history about the beaches of the area. On the … Continue reading →

Nestled between East Chew Avenue and East Marengo Street in St. Michael’s you will find the Old Mill District.  This area of St. Michaels is definitely worth exploring, with wonderful shopping, delicious food and a rich history.  For your food … Continue reading →

In Ocean City we often hear of the famous hurricane in 1933 that cut the Inlet and made Ocean City the tourist and fishing town it is today.  Prior to this storm, and dating back to about 1890, Public Landing … Continue reading →

Our $20 bills are going to look decidedly different in a few years, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced this week that abolitionist and humanitarian Harriet Tubman would be taking the place of Andrew Jackson on the front of … Continue reading →

This time of year we have a heightened interest in the paranormal and all things spooktacular, which stands to reason considering Halloween is just a few weeks away. Of course, ghost walks and stories of the paranormal are fun any … Continue reading →

National Scrapple Day has arrived, marking the perfect time to reflect on the unique breakfast meat that maintains deep ties to Delmarva. History shows that scrapple was invented back in the 1700s, when the Pennsylvania Dutch settled in Lancaster County. … Continue reading →

Once a month, we take a day to explore one of our local towns in what we like to call a ‘Day Trippin’ Adventure.’ What started as an effort to shed light on the wonderful towns that make up Delmarva … Continue reading →