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C5 Galaxy at the Air Mobility Museum
The Biggest, Baddest Cargo Plane in the History of the World DestinationsWay Back Machine

The Biggest, Baddest Cargo Plane in the History of the World

Generally speaking, cargo planes are ho-hum workhorses that do not rise to the level of daytrip destination. But the C-5A Galaxy is no drab little workhorse. It is the biggest, baddest cargo plane in the history of the world. You can see one up close at the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover. If your timing is right, you'll even be able to climb inside…
February 5, 2015
Harbor Seal Wikicommons by Amanda Boyd USFWS
The Deal With Seals: What Brings Guys Like This To Our Beaches? DestinationsNatural Wonders

The Deal With Seals: What Brings Guys Like This To Our Beaches?

Seals tend to live farther up in the North Atlantic—off of Massachusetts, Maine, and Canada—but every year in the colder months between about January and April a good number of them embark on a hellacious journey to points south in search of more temperate waters. That’s when they land on our beaches—mostly on the Delaware coast and in the lower Delaware Bay, but sometimes in Maryland…
February 5, 2015
Marty's Playland in Ocean City
The Great Throwback Arcade on the Boardwalk in Ocean City DestinationsWay Back Machine

The Great Throwback Arcade on the Boardwalk in Ocean City

What will strike you most when approaching Marty’s Playland are the old familiar sounds from back in the day—the rumble-rumble-ka-thunk of skee-ball, the thwick-ding-ding of classic pinball, the spooky monotone of The Fortune Teller, and the pop-clack-THWACK-clack of an air hockey game. We are talking here about a veritable symphony of old-school childhood fun. There are quite a few fun arcades in Ocean City, but…
February 5, 2015
Chestertown Waterfront (Acroterion, WikCommons)
Chestertown, the Colonial King of the Eastern Shore Road Trips

Chestertown, the Colonial King of the Eastern Shore

  Chestertown sure knows how to make a swell first impression. As you cross the Chester River from the south on Church Hill Road, keep your eyes left to soak in a scene that seems to come straight out of the 1700s—a spectacular run of dripping-in-history brick homes rising up on the waterfront. Make that crossing at the right time of day, and you will have…
February 13, 2015
Downtown Cambridge Scene with Crab Hats (JJP)
Cambridge, the Comeback Kid of the Eastern Shore Road Trips

Cambridge, the Comeback Kid of the Eastern Shore

    Cambridge is the comeback kid on the Eastern Shore these days. The restaurant and bar scene is hopping. The waterfront is getting spruced up. And best of all the town just seems to have character to spare these days—it’s the kind of place where they build downtown Christmas trees out of crab baskets, compete in crazy tricycle races while wearing goofy costumes, and throw…
February 12, 2015