Alissa Grisler, Associate Editor Even if you're only passing through Ocean City, you can't help but spend time on the boardwalk. This kitschy 3-mile long pedestrian route is flanked by soft sand ...

But the majority of visitors will congregate on the roughly 2 1/2-mile stretch of sand closest to the boardwalk in the northeastern section of the island. Like the rest of Ocean City, Ocean City ...