Situated along the A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway, the oldest European settlement in the New World made the top ten list. In the PBS series learn about t en "experimental" towns that did not evolve organically over time, but instead were designed (or redesigned) from the ground up by visionary architects, corporations, and citizens, who sought to change the lives of residents using architecture, design, and urban planning. Now 450 years old the town moves into the 21st century the same but different.

Scenic America has recently published, "Taking the Long View: A Proposal Realizing America the Beautiful." Ronald Lee Fleming, FAICP, Chairman suggests groups focus policy attention on the visual environment. It comes fifty years after the White House Conference
on Natural Beauty, the last time that the federal government seriously addressed issues that affect the look and feel of our country. Although the proposals then were seen as visionary in their time, the recommendations that Scenic America shares today, learning from the experience of fifty years, are often bolder yet with a pragmatism that should sustain them. The Foundation seeks to further its partnerships with organizations with similar missions to our own. Read More.

Here is a new Michigan Byways experience for the viewing: Michigan Byways Driving Guide.