The Wharf at Lewes: How the Light Moves on a Tidal Canal
A waterfront venue on the canal at Lewes, where a working channel runs between the town and the bay.
The Milton Theatre, Milton: One Frame and How It Is Made
A small-town theatre in southern Delaware, and one frame that uses the only building type designed to light two people.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton: The Venue’s Own Logic
A working brewery in small-town Delaware — a room full of polished stainless steel, which behaves like nothing else in this guide.
Baywood Greens, Long Neck: The Venue’s Own Logic
A golf course in coastal Delaware that was planted as an ornamental garden — which changes everything about its backgrounds.
Newark Country Club, Delaware: The Problem and Four Ways Out of It
A golf club in northern Delaware, on the rolling Piedmont fringe above the coastal plain — which gives it relief the rest of the state lacks.
Fenwick Island State Park, Delaware: The Problem and Four Ways Out of It
An undeveloped strip of barrier beach with the Atlantic on one side and a bay on the other — and nothing built on it.
Big Chill Beach Club, Bethany Beach: The Problem and Four Ways Out of It
A beachfront venue between the Atlantic and an inlet, on a coast that faces east — which reverses what most people expect.
South Coastal Library, Bethany Beach: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A public library a short distance from the Delaware shore, where one decision — books in or out — settles every frame.
The Cape May–Lewes Ferry, Lewes: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A working ferry across the mouth of Delaware Bay, where the only decision that matters is whether the vessel is moving.
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A du Pont country house and a very large naturalistic woodland garden in the Brandywine Valley — two venues on one estate.