I often attended networking events in Annapolis where I am known as the a Fine Art Photographer from the Eastern Shore. I’ve been asked where to go on the shore. Usually they are looking for places on the Lower Shore since they are going to the Beach.

I tell them that on their way to the beach to take a short detour off of US 50 by turning right at the light at Chesapeake College to Wye Mills.

Wye Mills is the home of the Wye Mill which has been in nearly continuous operation since 1682. It still is in operation with nearly all of its late-18th-century equipment.

The Wye Oak, Maryland’s honorary state tree, was the largest white oak tree in the United States and the State Tree of Maryland from 1941 until was destroyed on a June 6, 2002 by a severe thunderstorm. A clone of the old tree stands in its current location.