Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery
Even though prohibition ended nationally in 1933, the lingering effects of laws of the era were still evident in the state of Tennessee in 2009 when only three counties in the state were allowed to …
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James Madison Museum of Orange County
The James Madison Museum of Orange County honors our 4th President, Father of the Constitution, and author of the Bill of Rights, James Madison. In addition, it collects artifacts of Orange County, Virginia’s history and …
“Declaring Independence” at the University of Virginia
We often think of the Declaration of Independence as that parchment document that was signed by the founding fathers on July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia, Penn., just as it was portrayed in John Trumbull’s painting …
Patsy Cline Historic House and Gravesite
The Patsy Cline Historic House in Winchester, Va., was the home of the country music legend for five years, 1948-1953, when she was 16 until her first marriage at age 21. Born Virginia Patterson Hensley …
Apple Valley Model Railroad Club
The Apple Valley Model Railroad Club in Hendersonville, N.C. is busy keeping a whole lot of men out of trouble and engaged in building and maintaining a large model train layout in the historic 1902 …
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Carl Sandburg Home
Carl Sandburg was a major poet of the early twentieth century, publishing more than 15 collections and winning two Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry, becoming known in his lifetime as the “Poet of the People.” But …
Delta Flight Museum
As a former Delta frequent flier (I’m still a fan, but my greatly-reduced post-pandemic travel needs no longer qualify as an elite), I have spent a lot of time on Delta flights and have been …
“Hit Bull Win Steak”
If you’re a baseball fan, or a movie fan, or a baseball movie fan, then you probably can figure out where we visited by the headline of this post. For the rest of you, we …
Searching for Andrew Jackson’s Birthplace
Andrew Jackson, the problematic seventh President of the United States, was born in 1767 in South Carolina, at the plantation farm belonging to his mother’s sister and her husband, the Crawfords. Or maybe he was …
Camping with Barbie
We spent the night (literally) with the new Barbie movie in appropriate van life style! The Raleigh Road Outdoor Theatre in North Carolina participates in the Harvest Hosts program, so we were able to reserve …