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Shops and restaurants line Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill.

Why Destination Main Streets? We hope to fill a gap left by other travel sites by bringing together all of the main streets, historic districts, downtowns, college towns, quaint villages, funky communities, scenic antiquing destinations, and other town centers that often go neglected. To be fair, many of the destinations featured on this site get plenty of attention (such as Annapolis and Gettysburg). But others are waiting to be discovered like a diamond in the rough on this site (think St. Michaels in Maryland or Shepherdstown in West Virginia).

So why not? With all of the fun shopping, attractions, and dining available at many of these destinations, they're only a car trip away. Featured here are Main Streets where you can spend the day shopping in unique stores, or sipping coffee at a sidewalk cafe while people watching. They're real places with a sense of community, something truly lacking in our world of suburban sprawl and ubiquitous chains.

You won't find many chains at these destinations. Instead you'll find boutiques and shops selling unique items not found at your average mall, such as hand made crafts and antiques. Sure, you can probably find anything you want on the Internet these days, but the fun is in the hunt. Besides it's all about the journey and not the destination. Most of these places are at the end of a scenic drive through mountain vistas or rural coastal plains. And speaking of the hunt, feel free to hunt through this site, exploring any of the towns you haven't yet visited or even knew existed.

Many shops in Manayunk are known for their home furnishings.

But we've only just started. Right now we cover Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Florida. Soon, we will cover other parts of these states as well as Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, and the District of Columbia.

If you would like to see a Main Street covered here, please let us know. Right now, we're primarily concentrating on the East Coast from New Jersey south to Florida, but we're interested in all the possibilities. Go to the Contact Us page to send us an email. Send a brief description of the Main Street along with any other information you think would be helpful, including location and, if possible, links to the Main Street's site.

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