Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Delaware

While in Delaware, you might enjoy a visit to:

You can't fight a war without stuff -- and flying that stuff where it's needed is the job of the Air Mobility Command. Museum includes a hangar full of exhibits and tarmac of old military planes.
~5 miles from Dover.

A Vietnam-era Navy relic that's hard to miss along Highway 1, painted gold and drawing the eye to the owner's seafood restaurant.
~13 miles from Dover.

Where British soldiers and local loyalists surprised and ran through all the American soldiers. Historical signs outside feature helpful illustrations of the bayoneting.
~24 miles from Dover.

Using homemade launchers, pumpkins are fired nearly a mile. Annual competition since 1986. Closed by legal issues in 2014 and '15, but scheduled to return in Nov. 2016.
~31 miles from Dover.

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