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Food for Thought Along the Holly Tree Trail in Queen Anne’s County Destinations

Food for Thought Along the Holly Tree Trail in Queen Anne’s County

Looking for a sweet stroll on a nice day? Maybe find your way to the Wye Natural Resources Management Area in Queen Anne's County, Md. To get there you'll turn off Route 50 a little way above Chesapeake College and find yourself along a lovely two-lane drive that eventually winds its way down to gravel and dirt.There are a number of trails at Wye. My…
March 21, 2026
Love Stories Featured Photo
Hear “Love Stories to Tell in the Dark” in Stevensville, Md. on Thu., Feb. 12, 2026 The Newsroom

Hear “Love Stories to Tell in the Dark” in Stevensville, Md. on Thu., Feb. 12, 2026

Jim Duffy of Secrets of the Eastern Shore is going to be one of twentyish writers featured in a fun Valentine's-themed event on Thu., Feb. 12, 2026 on Kent Island, Md. "Love Stories to Tell in the Dark" will be held at Cult Classic Brewing, 1169 Shopping Center Road in Stevensville. The fun starts at 7pm. Every featured writer will have five minutes to spin a…
December 30, 2025
Foxxy Terrier from book You Wouldn't Believe FEATURED PHOTO
From the Books: The Foxxy Terrier Who Found Itself From the BooksWay Back Machine

From the Books: The Foxxy Terrier Who Found Itself

In the book You Wouldn't Believe! storyteller Jim Duffy serves up 44 Strange and Wondrous Delmarva Tales that run the gamut from true crime to romance and adventure and comedy. Every story is true. Every chapter is a story unto itself, perfect for relaxed flipping and browsing. This free excerpt is the shortest chapter in the book--and one of the cutest, in my humble opinion.…
October 29, 2025
Road Trip! Kent Island, Maryland From the BooksMiscellanyRoad Trips

Road Trip! Kent Island, Maryland

This is a free excerpt from my book, Eastern Shore Road Trips #2: 26 MORE One-Day Adventures on Delmarva. More info here about that and my other books exploring the history, travel, and culture on the Eastern Shore and in Delaware. Every year, millions of travelers looking to get away from their busy big-city lives catch their first glimpse of the Delmarva Peninsula in the shoreline of…
August 14, 2022
Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Mickey Cochrane WikiCommons Muboshgu
SUDLERSVILLE CHARACTER OF THE DAY: Hall of Fame Slugger Jimmie Foxx CharactersWay Back Machine

SUDLERSVILLE CHARACTER OF THE DAY: Hall of Fame Slugger Jimmie Foxx

One of the excursions in my book Eastern Shore Road Trips (Vol. 2): 26 MORE One-Day Adventures on Delmarva is a tour of baseball greatness with stops honoring five major league greats who hailed from the region, including four Hall of Famers. This excerpt is the section of that trip dedicated to slugger Jimmie Foxx. Itty bitty Sudlersville, Md. is the first stop in this…
December 3, 2019
Scenes from Love Point Hotel on Kent Island, Maryland
Love Point on Kent Island: A Valentine’s Memory from Days Gone By Way Back Machine

Love Point on Kent Island: A Valentine’s Memory from Days Gone By

Have you ever heard of the old Love Point Hotel? Set on the northernmost tip of Kent Island, Maryland along today’s Route 18 (or Love Point Road), it was romantic as all get out, with sandy beaches, elegant porches, and long, lovely lanes perfect for strolling hand in hand, as you can see from the photos here and below. It opened in the early years…
February 10, 2019
Wye Island Drawbridge on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Quote of the Day: The Old Wye Island Bridge Tender Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day: The Old Wye Island Bridge Tender

In Hulbert Footner’s 1944 book “Rivers of the Eastern Shore,” the author takes note in his chapter on the Wye River of a little-used old drawbridge leading out to Wye Island, on Maryland's Upper Eastern Shore: Wye Bridge, which crosses to the island, is a long, creaking, wooden structure, dry and silvery with age. In the middle it has a true drawbridge like the one…
August 27, 2017
Grover Cleveland Fishing
CHARACTER OF THE DAY: The President Who Shot Ducks (and Marbles) on Hog Island Characters

CHARACTER OF THE DAY: The President Who Shot Ducks (and Marbles) on Hog Island

After Grover Cleveland made history in November of 1892, the first thing he did was reward himself with a trip to Hog Island, just off of his beloved Eastern Shore. Cleveland had just become the first person to win non-consecutive terms in the White House. He had won the election of 1884, and he had lost the one in 1888. (Donald Trump became the second…
April 25, 2017
Eastern Shore Secrets: Opening Day for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
What Might Have Been: Chesapeake Bay Bridge Plans That Never Panned Out Way Back Machine

What Might Have Been: Chesapeake Bay Bridge Plans That Never Panned Out

This is an excerpt from my book, Eastern Shore Road Trips 2: 26 MORE One-Day Adventures on Delmarva. It's a sort of historical endnote to a chapter where I get off the highway and wander around Kent Island, Md, learning about the stories the place has to tell and the sites (and sights) it has to see. History is a funny thing. Once a big…
July 20, 2015
Philadelphia Athletics on field at Shibe Park, 1911 World Series, Home Run Baker is second from left
America’s Pastime on the Eastern Shore: A tour chock full of baseball greatness Road Trips

America’s Pastime on the Eastern Shore: A tour chock full of baseball greatness

NOTES: This is a free excerpt from my book, Eastern Shore Road Trips #2: 26 More One-Day Adventures on Delmarva. Enjoy! More info on the book here. JIMMIE FOX OF SUDLERVILLE Itty bitty Sudlersville is the first of four stops in this tour of the Shore’s rich baseball history. Located off of Route 301 as it heads up from Queenstown toward Delaware, this town with…
March 22, 2015