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    Wye Grist Mill

    Wye Grist Mill

    4.8(6 reviews)
    12.9 mi

    What an incredible find! After making a trip to Italy and experiencing firsthand what crazy stuff…read moreis added to our food supply here, we decided to go back to basics and find a good flour source. The big bonus is that it's an historical site (and a rare one at that!) with passionate people at the helm. Well worth going as a learning experience and as a source for clean ingredients.

    I love road trips. Mainly because I get to stop in places like this…read more So while driving to the shore, my friend mentioned always passing by this Mill and wanting to go in, but her ex-boyfriend would never stop there. After hearing about this injustice, I immediately pulled into the lot. I have to admit I'm not the biggest consumer of wheat/flour products and I can't bake to save my life, but it doesn't hurt learning about oldest working mill in Maryland (nearly continuous operation since 1682). We walked up and a friendly lady was outside sweeping, she invited us in, and from there it turned into a second grade elementary school field trip. Basically, my friend, the mature adult, talked about the operations of the Mill (stuff like the mill produced flour that fed George Washington's Continental army during the American Revolutionary War), and they traded recipes for buckwheat pancakes. Meanwhile there was me, Princess ADD, who had already gone through every corner of the place and touched all the things. Our volunteer host gave me permission to use the equipment, mainly to distract me, and I went to town shifting and grinding white corn to make corn meal and grits. Basically, I looked like an organ grinder monkey hard at work. So I am pretty sure I paid little or no attention to what our host was saying due to the sheer amount of shiny objects and things to play with around me but here is what I managed to gather about the mill: -The Wye Grist Mill is open from mid-April to mid-November.10 a.m. - 4 p.m, Grinding Days are the first and third Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m, when the millers use the big water wheel grinding thingie. -There is a suggested $2 donation -They sell freshly ground whole flour, cornmeal, buckwheat and grits at $5-$6 a bag (about the size of a coffee bean bag). The grits are fantastic and cut to the right coarseness for me. BUY THE GRITS, cause I may have grinded them. The products are stored in the freezer to kill off bugs. So if you're in the Eastern Shore area and into history or using machinery, please pop right in. The staff is friendly, the museum is small but fun to look over, and it's a great place to pop in for an educational trip with the kids since the equipment is safe enough for me to use.

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    The Old State House

    The Old State House

    4.4(9 reviews)
    46.3 mi

    The Old State House is on a quaint little street in a cute part of town. There was plenty of nearby…read moreparking when I went. The tours were free, but it wasn't crowded and we basically interrupted the guide's phone call. She did give us a personalized one-on-one tour after debating if she should wait to start the tour on the hour and said she'd be mad if someone else came in. She did give off a vibe like we were interrupting her sitting around time. Despite that, she was very knowledgeable on the history of the building, and it was nice to be able to look around with someone and ask them questions. The inside really seemed a lot like Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It's amazing the small, perfunctory building was in use until like 1933. There was a really nice painting of George Washington in one of the rooms and good information on early delegates. If you are in the area, it's a free stop and there's free parking, and there's good information and not too long to see. It was worth visiting. No gift shop though.

    I really like old buildings and have enjoyed visiting Philadelphia and Washington DC old historic…read morebuildings. This building and the furniture inside of the Old State House were uninteresting to me. Though the stairs were enjoyable to see inside and outside. I posted a picture of the marble stairs on the outside. There was a volunteer finishing up with some people who liked history, and they said he was very knowledgeable. I was mainly there just to see the building. I would recommend if you are interested in Delaware politics and history go here.

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    Cherry Hill Historic House & Farm - interior

    Cherry Hill Historic House & Farm

    4.7(6 reviews)
    48.2 miFalls Church City

    We had such a fantastic historical tour of the property when we visited for one of Fall Church's…read moreice cream socials at Cherry Hill Park. The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable of the history of this landmark, and thoroughly answered questions we had.

    We had so much fun here at Cherry Hill Park! We stopped in on a Saturday morning just before 9am,…read moredrawn in by the farmer's market going on in the parking lots next door. And then we just kept walking into this incredible park. As we walked through the gardens, there was an explosion of baby rabbits hopping about everywhere. My kids loved it, and I admired the beautiful gardens. I don't know if this is a wedding or events venue, but it should be because it's beautiful. The house and barns look like they belong here, as though someone might be living in them, except there's no driveway, there are public benches, and a few commemorative signs nearby. But at first I questioned whether we were in a public space or someone's yard. On the negative side, there were homeless looking guys sleeping on several of the benches. They woke up and disappeared not long after we arrived. The park is great. There are logs the kids can play on, in what appears to be a colonial reenactment area. My kiddos liked walking along the logs and jumping from one to another. There's two distinct play areas but both are great for toddlers and little tikes so I wasn't able to distinguish them very easily. The swings were a hot item when we were there, but there just aren't very many of them for a Saturday morning toddler rush hour. There is also a tiny house structure but it is slightly too large to be fun and too small to be interesting, no kids played in it except to inspect it. The sand volleyball court was also popular, as our kids joined others in excavating the volleyball service area. Luckily they didn't get very far by the time volleyball players arrived, though it wasn't for lack of effort. The park also has tennis courts and a basketball court, and there's a really nice nature trail along the edge of the park nearest the houses that back up to it. We walked through these flowers and gardens to find butterflies, bees and more rabbits. Also a nice feature, although there weren't very many picnic tables, there was one barbecue pit for people to build a coal fire. There was a very small pavilion area as well. I liked this park for the "nature in the city" feel. We were only a block away from fancy pants coffee shops, but it felt secluded and beautiful as light filtered through the enormous trees adorning the property. Other park visitors kept telling us about live music and imploring we check the schedule, but we aren't interested in that. This park is great with or without those concerts for me, and would be a really awesome spot to stop by anytime. I do not know if they have restrooms around, but with the restaurants and coffeeshops nearby, you should be okay. I think we spent about 5 hours here on our first visit and we didn't even really play in most of the park, so it's good for a long or short visit.

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    Claiborne Landing - landmarks - Updated May 2026

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