Bethany Beach, Delaware, is a small, charming coastal town founded in 1901 by members of the Christian Church known as the Disciples of Christ, intended originally as a quiet seaside retreat for church members.
Fort Delaware State Park in Delaware is located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River and features a large coastal defense fort built mainly between 1848 and 1860.
The Brandywine Zoo, located within Wilmington’s Brandywine Park along the Brandywine River, is Delaware’s only zoo and has been a beloved community attraction since it opened in 1905.
Hendrickson House Museum in Wilmington, Delaware, is one of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States, originally built around 1690 by Swedish farmer Andrew Hendrickson and his wife, Brigitta Morton, in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library in Delaware was originally the estate of Henry Francis du Pont, an antiques collector and horticulturist who transformed it into one of the premier museums of American decorative arts.
The Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington was founded in 1912 as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts to honor artist Howard Pyle, a prominent American illustrator native to the city.
The Delaware Museum of Nature and Science, located in Wilmington, Delaware, was founded in 1957 by John Eleuthere du Pont and opened to the public in 1972 near Winterthur.
Funland in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, is a family-owned amusement park that opened in 1939 as the Rehoboth Beach Sports Center and was purchased by the Fasnacht family in 1962.
Fort Miles Historic Area, located within Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware, was a critical coastal defense fortification established during World War II to protect the Delaware Bay, the Delaware River, and nearby industrial centers such as Philadelphia from enemy naval and air attacks.
Harrington Raceway and Casino, located on the Delaware State Fairgrounds south of Harrington, Delaware, is a combined harness racing track and casino that originally opened in 1946 as a racetrack, with the casino added in 1996.
