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Dover is the capital and second-largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, DE Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware River coastal plain. It was named by William Penn of Dover in Kent, England. As of 2010, the city had a population of 36,047.
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Air Mobility Command Museum
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Duration: 1​h 30​min
Dover Downs Casino
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Duration: 2​h 30​min
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Dover International Speedway
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Duration: 2​h
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Johnson Victrola Museum
4.7
Duration: 1​h 30​min

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Funland
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Cape Henlopen State Park
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Rehoboth Beach
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Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
St. Michaels
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Hidden gems in Dover

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John Dickinson Plantation
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Old State House
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Delaware Public Archives
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Duration: 1​h 30​min
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Biggs Museum of American Art
4.4
Duration: 1​h 30​min

Museums in Dover

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Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village
4.5
Duration: 1​h 30​min
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Delaware State Police Museum and Education Center
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Duration: 1​h 30​min
Delaware State Visitor Center
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Duration: 1​h

Shopping in Dover

Byler's
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Duration: 1​h 30​min
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Spence's Bazaar
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Duration: 1​h 30​min
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Dover Mall
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Duration: 1​h 30​min

Parks in Dover

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First State Heritage Park
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Duration: 4​h
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SIlver Lake Park
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Duration: 1​h 30​min
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