Delaware

The First State. The Blue Hen State. New Sweden.

Favorite Foods

      • Scrapple
      • Fries with cider vinegar

10. White Clay Creek State Park in Newark

9. Trap Pond State Park in Laurel

8. Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Smyrna

7. Rehoboth Beach

      • Delaware Seashore State Park
      • Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk
      • Junction and Breakwater Trail
      • Gordons Pond
      • Bethany Beach – beach, boardwalk, and the Indian River Inlet Bridge

6. Lewes

      • Cape May-Lewes Ferry
      • Ryves Holt House (eligible to be added to First State National Historical Park, see below)
      • Zwaanendael Museum
      • Historic Lewes Farmers Market
      • Lewes Beach
      • Cape Henlopen State Park
      • Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge is in nearby Milton

5. Dover

      • John Dickinson Plantation (part of First State National Historical Park, see below)
      • Dover Green (part of First State National Historical Park, see below)
      • Old State House
      • Spence’s Bazaar
      • Air Mobility Command Museum

4. Wilmington (see New Sweden entry below)

      • Hagley Museum and Library
      • Nemours Mansion and Gardens
      • Grand Opera House
      • Wilmington Riverwalk
      • Delaware Art Museum

3. New Castle

      • New Castle Court House Museum (part of First State National Historical Park, see below)
      • Packet Alley (1830-40’s transfer point for all people traveling between Washington DC and northern cities – stagecoaches on the south side, riverboats on the north)
      • Farmers Market
      • Old Dutch House
      • Old Library Museum
      • Battery Park

2. New Sweden Delaware Valley Historic Sites (shared with Pensylvania and New Jersey)

      • Wilmington, Delaware
        1. Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes’) Church and Hendrickson House (part of First State National Historical Park, see below)
        2. Fort Christina (part of First State National Historical Park, see below)
        3. Kalmar Nyckel – Tall Ship of Delaware
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
        1. Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church National Historic Site
        2. St. James Kingsessing Episcopal Church
        3. American Swedish Historical Museum
        4. Bartram’s Garden
      • Outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
        1. Governor Printz Park in Essington
        2. Lower Swedish Cabin in Drexel Hill
      • Swedesboro, New Jersey
        1. Trinity Episcopal “Old Swedes” Church

1. First State National Historical Park

      • New Castle Court House Museum
        1. New Castle Court House
        2. New Castle Green
        3. New Castle Sheriff’s House
      • Wilmington First State NHP Sites
        1. Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes’) Church and Hendrickson House
        2. Fort Christina
      • Dover First State NHP Sites
        1. Dover Green
        2. John Dickinson Plantation
      • Brandywine Valley (formerly Beaver Valley) outside Wilmington
        1. Brandywine Creek State Park
        2. Brandywine Valley National Scenic Byway
        3. Brandywine Valley in Pennsylvania bordering Delaware