Your First State Bucket List: 66 things to do in Delaware before you die

Place a bet at any on one of Delaware's casinos: Delaware Park, Dover Downs or Harrington Casino.

Have high tea at the Hotel du Pont Green Room.

Canoe down the Brandywine River

Ice skate at The Pond in Newark, now known as the Patriot Center, where Olympic hopes of greats like Johnny Weir are nourished 

Admire the 22 pieces of Delaware silver gifted by state citizens to the U.S.S. Delaware battleship in 1910, now at the Delaware Public Archives in Dover. 

Check out Claymont’s annual Christmas weed decorating celebration and parade.

Charter a fishing boat off the Delaware coast.

Attend a country show at the Delaware State Fair.Here, Luke Bryan takes a selfie with band member on stage.

Eat ice cream at Woodside Farm Creamery in Hockessin. 

Go see the flowers blooming at Lavender Fieldsin Milton, the state's only lavender farm.

Get dressed up for the Grand Gala, which takes over the entire Hotel du Pont, like this merry group from 2017. 

Attend a fireworks display at Hagley Museum, said to be the best of the summer in the state.

Sing along at Caroling on the Square in Wilmington or on the Circle in Georgetown, seen here.  

Attend the annual Rehoboth Beach Christmas tree lightingand sing-along at the bandstand.

Say goodbye to summer at Bethany Beach’s Jazz Funeral.

Get offended atMiddletown’s Hummers Parade, which mocks both Philly's Mummers parade and current events.

Drink an Orange Crush at the Starboardin Dewey Beach. Here, co-owner Steve "Monty" Montgomery makes one.

Tour Dogfish Head Breweryin Milton. 

Eat at the Dog House in Wilmington, or another classic Delaware restaurant. 

Eat crabs atSambo's Tavern in Leipsic or Woody'sin Dewey Beach.

Get your inner chick on with aLadybug Festival concert. 

Cast a rod from the Cape Henlopen pier.

See the band Love Seed Mama Jump on the Rusty Rudder deck in Dewey Beach on a summer Thursday night.

Tailgate at Winterthur’s Point-to-Point or a UD football game.

Attend one of the Nascar races at Dover Speedway.

Spend a summer evening with the family at a Blue Rocks game.

Bird watch at Delaware City, Bombay Hook or Prime Hook. www.visitdelaware.com/things-to-do/outdoors/birding/

Take the newJack A. Markell Trailthrough Wilmington's marshes from Wilmington to New
Castle.

See the state's only cave in the Beaver Valley part of the First State National Historic Park. 

Cruise on Delaware's tall ship, the Kalmar Nickel. 

Sit on the beach anywhere in Delaware. This is Rehoboth Beach on Memorial Day.

Cool off on a hot day at theKillens Pond Water Park.

Take a walk or ride a bike on the Mike N. Castle C&D Canal Trailor the Junction and Breakwater trails in Lewes and Rehoboth Beach.

Marvel at Delaware’s Versailles by visiting the Nemours Estate.

Eat weird pig parts at Bridgeville’s Apple Scrapple Festival. 

Climb the World War II towers at Cape Henlopen and read the writing on the sand below.

Pick fruit (strawberries, apples or peaches) at aDelaware farm. 

Attend the Nanticoke Indian Association's powwow.

Catch your own crab in Delaware waters. 

Stargaze at the Mt. Cuba observatory.

Ride theGo Ape zipline at Lums Pond.

Be admitted to the Hummingbird to Mars speakeasyin Trolley Square.

Run with the bullin Dewey Beach. 

Eat your way through Wilmington’s ethnic festivals: Italian, Greek, Polish, Oktoberfest andIndiaFest.

Attend aDelaware Shakespeare production at Rockford Park on a summer night.

Cruise the lighthouses in the Delaware Bay.

Help a kid mail a letter to Santa at the Wilmington Jaycees Christmas parade (they'll get answers!).

Walk along the water at theWilmington Riverfront, River Walk in Milford, the canal in Lewis Riverfrontor the Battery in Old New Castle. 

Drive on the beach and surf-fishat Cape Henlopen State Park.

Take the ferry from Lewes to Cape May, New Jersey. 

Amaze the kids at the Dupont Environmental Education center on the Wilmington riverfront.

Canoe or kayak at Trap Pondamong the cypress trees.

Drive the Monster Mile with a “racing experience”package at Dover International Speedway.

Buy fresh corn, peaches and tomatoes at a summer farm stand or farmers’ markets like this one in Lewes.

VisitOld Swedes Church in Wilmington and check out the centuries of graffiti on the doors. 

Go fly a kite at the Annual Great Delaware Kite Festival in Lewes. 

AttendYuletideor one of the other traditional Christmas displays at a former du Pont grand manor country house.

Take the kids to ride the rides at Funland in Rehoboth, just like your grandparents took you.

Jump in during the Lewes Polar Bear Plungeon Super Bowl Sunday morning.

Follow the cast of "A Christmas Carol" around Old New Castle when they perform outside at the "Spirit of Christmas" festival.

Visit Woodburn, the governor’s house in Dover. Bonus: The governor and first lady hand out candy at Halloween and cookies at Christmas.

Ride the rails at Wilmington & Western Railroad in Wilmington.

Meander through Wilmington's Gibraltar Gardens, designed by the famed Marion Coffin.

Watch the election winners and losers make nice at Sussex County's Return Day, then bury the political hatchet. Literally.