The Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Peter—mother church of the Wilmington Diocese—has kept faith and hope alive through the ups and downs of an aging neighborhood.
Through their personal collections, three du Ponts created three unique museums: Winterthur, the UD Mineralogical Museum and the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
As the only Swedish colony in North America, Wilmington serves as an important piece of Europe’s settlement history. From Peter Minuit to DuPont Co., there’s more to this city than meets the eye
Names like Kalmar Nyckel, Christina River and others are common-knowledge parts of Delaware’s history, but these and more are all linked by their Swedish heritage.
