Mattapoisett Massachusetts sits on Buzzards Bay between New Bedford and Cape Cod — a small harbor town where we spent our days quahogging the tidal flats, steaming clams with butter, and doing very little else. Here’s why that was enough.
Rye Beach New Hampshire sits between Hampton Beach and Portsmouth on America’s shortest ocean coastline — eighteen miles that include some of the best beach on the entire New England coast, a legendary lobster shack on Route 1A, and the specific quiet that only the right beach town delivers.
Solomons Island Maryland sits where the Patuxent River meets the Chesapeake Bay — a waterman’s village built on a former WWII naval base, with the Calvert Marine Museum, steamed crabs on the water, and the kind of Chesapeake character most visitors never find.
Things to do in Lexington, Virginia — colleges, the Virginia Horse Center, BBQ, and a Buc-ee’s stop. A real day trip from DC, what to see and where to stay.