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Portland
WHAT TO DO Portland is the largest city in the state of Maine, set on a peninsula extending into Casco Bay. It was named after the English Isle of Portland. The first European settler was Christopher Levett, an English naval captain who was granted 6000 acres of land by King James I in 1623. Maine was part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts until 1820 when it voted to secede to become a separate state. On March 15, 1820 it was admitted to the Union as the 23rd state. Today,


Reykjavik
WHAT TO DO Reykjavik (pronounced rayk-ya-vik) is the world's northernmost capital and largest city in Iceland. The first permanent...


Nantucket
WHAT TO DO Nantucket is an island located 30 miles south by ferry from Cape Cod within the state of Massachusetts. It probably takes its...


Washington DC
WHAT TO DO Washington DC, officially the District of Columbia and also known as DC or Washington, is the capital city of the United...


Key West
WHAT TO DO Key West is a pathway to paradise and one of my favorite places in the world. It is an island in the Straits of Florida,...
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