ARTICLES: History

Boardwalk to Beach

"Best boardwalks in Maryland”, which we posted back in January, was one of our most...
A Beach Of Your Own

A Beach Of Your Own

We owe our discovery of the beach at Snow Hill to the flowers.  Someone had told us about Dixon Family Farm, an old corn...

Smith Island Cruise

Smith Island Cruise

The visitor to Smith Island always arrives by boat, a reminder that the residents of its townships  — Ewell, Rhodes Point, and Tylerton — live as close to the water as the people of Venice or the tiny fishing villages of the Cyclades. That point wasn’t lost on me or...

Maryland Dove

Maryland Dove

Everything is massive on an old wood ship. That became obvious, last August, when we stepped aboard the Maryland Dove for the first time.Construction on Historic St. Mary’s City’s latest floating ambassador began at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in 2018; but,...