Delaware has essentially no media market. It is covered, but only relatively poorly, by the Philadelphia market to the north and the Baltimore and Washington markets to the west.
Ed
I was born and raised in MD, and the MD beaches, to be honest, are a little on the dirty side- Delaware reminds me a bit more of the Outter Banks with its cleaner beaches (not like Ocean City) and bigger homes, other than that, I think of it as a little blip on the map
I believe Delaware is the only state with no national parks.
True, with a point of clarification - Delaware is the only state without any National Park “units”, which includes things like monuments, memorials and historic sites managed by the National Park Service. Many states don’t have any actual “National Parks”.
Delaware has state statutes that are highly favorable to corporations, leading to its being favored as the site of incorporation and “official” headquarters of corporations large and small, with consequent economic benefits to the small state. This mutually beneficial arrangement has persisted for a long time, and shows no signs of ever ending.
The state’s Atlantic coast, from Cape Henlopen south to the Maryland line, has a number of resort communities. Rehoboth Beach has been mentioned fairly often here as a gay-friendly resort. None of the others come to mind as being particularly notable.
New York and Delaware are the only two states with land on both sides of the Delaware River. The part of Delaware east of the river is a small peninsula that lies within the 25-mile circle that also defines (most of) the state’s north boundary. IIRC it’s an undeveloped state park. and its boundary with New Jersey is supposedly the shortest land boundary between two states in the U.S. (except, of course, the Four Corners; nothing’s shorter than a geometric point).
Along with New Jersey east of it, Delaware is the only state east of the Mason-Dixon Line. Most of the state’s essentially-straight western boundary is a part of the line between Maryland and Pennsylvania as they were then defined that was surveyed by Messrs. Dixon and Mason.
It was at one time a Swedish colony.
Personal tourism anecdote: When Barb and I were on vacation back in the 1980s, we visited Delaware and ended up stopping at the John Dickinson Home. Dickinson is an intriguing figure, one of the most unusual of the Founding Fathers, and his homestead, literally out in the country, has been preserved or restored as a (I think State) Historic Site. At the time we were there we were the only visitors, got personal attention from the lady serving as docent, and essentially came away charmed – as well as significantly bette informed.
Analogy for Canadians only: Delaware is the U.S.'s Prince Edward Island – but we had ours first!
There’s a reason you’re drawing a blank with that state. Have you ever seen Wayne’s World? “Look… We’re in Delaware…”
The resort Beaches that is what I think of when I think of Delaware. They grow a really, really big population in the summer - several 100 percent over what is usual.
Rehobeth Beach is an extremely popular destination for gay people, has an ariter and side than a typical beach town.
Dewey Beach is a little more like Ocean City MD (bars, clubs etc. for young folks and people out to drink and raise cain) is one aspect of it.
Bethany (north and South) Beach and Fenwick are more family friendly and more sedate and are known as the “Quiet Resorts” a semi-slam vs Dewey and to a lesser extent Rehoboth.
I really thought you HAD to be mistaken about this, but I couldn’t imagine how you would come up with such an obscure “fact” without knowing it to be the truth.
After playing around with Google Maps, I finally found it! OMG, count this amongst the things I never knew. This place never ceases to fight my ignorance, and believe me, I can put up quite the fight. Thank you for winning this one 
In case anyone’s interested, it’s right here 
Most of us have no idea what’s going on in Delaware, either. I lived in a state bordering it (Maryland) until I was 11 and I know only three things about it:
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Delaware state troopers are known to hang out right at the state border, which happens to be halfway across a bridge. The speed limit changes as soon as you cross from Maryland into Delaware and they apparently love to ticket Marylanders right there because they know it’s a pain in the ass to come back for the court date. The upshot, apparently, is that most of these folks just pay off their tickets rather than go through all the hassle of getting a day off work and driving into the next state just to get a hefty fine. My dad says he actually challenged a ticket in Delaware (while living in Maryland) and the judge said, “You’re right, this ticket is ridiculous. You don’t have to pay it. But you do have to pay a $200 court fee.” Welcome to Delaware, eh?
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Delaware competes with Rhode Island for the dubious title of America’s Most Forgettable State, and its very forgettability was played for laughs in the original Wayne’s World, where Garth and Wayne do a feature on Delaware on their show and have trouble finding anything interesting to say about it.
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Delaware was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
DuPont is also thought to have had a hand in the criminalization of marijuana, since it was easy to tack on criminalization of hemp and hemp was a major competitor to its nylon.
What the hell is an “ariter and side”?
Delaware fights way above it’s weight class.
What else do you really need to know?
…Whose mascot is a yellow-bellied chicken. Literally.
The state doesn’t host any major professional sports teams, but there is a pretty good (or at least fun to watch) minor-league baseball team in Wilmington.
You can find anything on the internet–
On May 21, 1965, Delaware was closed for repairs.
by order of Candid Camera
My sole interaction with Delaware that I am aware of is this:
"But these people on committees, they sit there all day,
and they each put in a color and it comes out … gray.
Now gray’s a nice color… but not if you’ve ever seen
red or yellow or orange or blue or green!
And we’ve all heard the saying that is true as well as witty
that a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee.
The only reason for committees, people being what they are,
is that everybody wants to be the Big Chief Commissar
’Cuz you get to wear the uniform, you get to wear the medals,
and you sit on the handlebars while everybody pedals.
And at all committee meetings, people yes you when they face you.
Though secretly of course, each one is hoping to replace you.
And their wheels are always clicking with internal politicking
and they whisper, and they chatter, but it really doesn’t matter
for the Commissar is well aware that somewhere off in Delaware
is someone up much higher, whose priority is prior
and he’s got his own committee and you’d think he’s sitting pretty
but he’s subject to the whim of some committee over him
of which I’m sure that not a one of us has heard.
Have you ever heard the sound of a committee in a meeting?
A committee is a very strange bird."
Another comment on the stretch of I-95 that passes through Delaware… In addition to the $4 or so each way (two tolls southbound, one northbound) for Delaware’s delightful 10 miles, there’s the speed limit issue. The bordering sections of 95 in Maryland and New Jersey are both 65 but Delaware is 55. Not so bad, except that Delaware has had constant construction on 95 for the last several years so that some areas on that stretch are 45 mph. I have yet to see anyone actually working in these areas. In fact, last September I was passing through the state and I encountered a sign that said, “Left three lanes closed, merge right.” The road was three lanes wide at that point. I was treated to an enjoyable five mile ride along the rumble strip on the shoulder.
The bottom half of the state is sometimes known as “**Lower Slower Delaware”. **
The **Monster Mile ® at Dover International Speedway **is a one-of-a-kind, one-mile (duh, for the Lower Slower Folks) steeply banked track. I believe the surface is cement, which is also different than the rest of the NASCAR tracks. It used to be the only track someone could buy laps to drive a real stock car (as yours truly did). At least one other track offers this now, but still a rare claim to fame.
Like Southern NJ, Delaware is home to Horse Shoe Crabs, whose blue blood is drawn and plays a key role in keeping pharmaceuticals safe. LAL from the crab blood is used to test for bacterial endotoxins in pharmaceuticals and for several bacterial diseases. It plays a vital role in the pharmaceuticall industry.
That is dyslexic and jackass for “… has an artier and nutty/crunchy side than a typical beach” town.
Not a National park but there is a 10,000 acre U.S. Fish and Wildlife refuge called Prime Hook with “one of the largest impounds of fresh water on the East coast.” This is near the ~16,000 acre Bombay Hook refuge
Whaaaaa? Really? How did I not know this? The only time I ever saw the location of Metropolis mentioned was when clark was sitting on the roof of his barn in Smallville and it could be seen off in the distance from the farm, so I figured it was in Kansas. Before that, I thought it was a direct analogue of NYC.
There is no consistent location for Metropolis or any of the fictional D.C. Comics cities. They change from one reference to another.