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Places to visit
Delaware
1. Rehoboth Beach
Calls itself the "Nation's Summer Capitol. Between Hwy 1 and the Atlantic Ocean.
Features a boardwalk with an arcade, lots of shops and restaurants.
2. Delaware Art Museum - in Wilmington, DE.
Largest Pre-Raphaelite collection in the country. Also has the archives of American realist, John Sloan.
3. Delaware Park
Horse racing track, which also includes slot machines.
4. John Dickinson Plantation - (located on Kitts Hummock Rd, south of Dover, DE)
Home of American Quaker patriot, who was involved in writing of the Constitution.
5. Nemonis Mansion and Garden - Wilmington, DE
A 102-room Louis XVI style chateau. Delaware's answer to Versailles, France. Built in 1910 by Alfred I.
duPont.
6. Longwood Gardens - Rt 1 - Northeast of Kennett Square, PA.
World's premier horticultural display on 1050 acres. Has 40 indoor/outdoor gardens, spectacular fountains and conservatory.
7. Mike's Famous Harley-Davidson Museum - I-295 and Route at the Delaware Bridge, New Castle, DE.
8. Brandywine River Museum - Rte 1 north of Kennett Square, PA.
Housed in a 19th Cent. gristmill, showcases extensive collection of Wyeth family art, illustrations and other 19th Cent. American art.
9. Phillip's Mushroom Place Museum - Rte 1, 1/2 mile south of Longwood in PA.
You will see growing mushrooms; exhibits explaining history, lore, and mystique of mushrooms. Fresh mushrooms and gifts are on sale.
10. Delaware Toy and Minature Museum - off Rte 141, Wilmington, DE.
One of only three museums o its kind in U.S. Features dollhouses, dolls, toys from 1770,
miniature vases from 600 B.C. Admission is charged.
11. Punkin Chunkin' Contest - in southern Delaware.
Held on weekend after Halloween in which mechanical devices are designed to see which can throw pumpkin the farthest.
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