A nationally designated historic district, Old Town Alexandria, is best experienced on foot. Century-old architecture, red brick sidewalks, and cobblestone streets gives this area quaint character and charm.

Savannah is the oldest city in the state of Georgia, established in 1733. The downtown Historic District, considered one of the largest in the U.S., largely retains the original twenty-two parklike square plans laid out by James Oglethorpe.

Charleston is defined by its cobblestone streets (there are still eight), pastel painted homes, palmetto trees, hitching posts, historic landmarks, and the elegant antebellum architecture of The Battery. Explore streets with names like Broad, Church, King, Queen and quiet streets and network of alleyways.

Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the world’s largest living history museum and part of a 301-acre historic district. It contains several hundred restored or re-created 17th, 18th and 19th century buildings with costumed staff as guides.

Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European American origin in the United States. The Downtown Historic District is where you will find the majority of the city’s activity.

Washington DC was formed in 1790 and is home to United States government buildings including the Capitol, White House, Supreme Court building

Whether it is the nightlife, food, architecture or music that brings you down to New Orleans, you will not be disappointed.

In this post I will cover the Mount Vernon neighborhood, the Cylburn Arboretum and the Civic Work’s Clifton Mansion.

In this post I highlight the downtown area, Church Hill and the Hollywood Cemetery.

Downtown Portsmouth is a very walkable historic seaport city. Once one of the nation’s busiest ports and shipbuilding cities and its depth is expressed in the fine architecture. There are significant examples of Colonial, Georgian and Federal style houses, some are now museums.

Boston, and neighboring Cambridge are among the most loved cities, loved for their art, culture and history. Boston Tea Party, Boston Public Garden and the Freedom Trail is a unique collection of museums, meeting houses, churches, parks and burying grounds that tell the American Revolution story.

Montpelier is the smallest capital city in the United States, but is big on character and charm with a casual vibe. The downtown, centered around two main roads, State and Main Streets, are low-key, clean, friendly and very walkable.

I thought it would be cool to just do an “East Side” post to show the true diversity of the Big Apple.

A look at the West Side of Manhattan, showing the diversity of the Big Apple’s West Side.