The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
Doug and I went to Philadelphia to see a concert, and decided to spend a couple of days taking in some history. Mid-way through the first day we were alerted our concert was canceled (the …
The National Building Museum in Washington DC, focuses on, naturally, buildings! The collection is focused on designing, building, working, and living in structures throughout history. But it also had a LEGO exhibit on view, so …
When the Society of the Cincinnati at Larz Anderson House in Washington, DC, came on my radar, I couldn’t quite figure out what it was, but I knew we had to see it. It was …
George Washington – yes, the Founding Father, hero of the American Revolution, and first President of the United States – was a Freemason. Lots of men of his station were Freemasons in the country’s earliest …
I grew up very close to the John F. Peto Studio Museum in Island Heights, New Jersey, but I’d never heard of the man or his studio. We remedied that with a visit while “home …
Douglas and I had visited Fonthill Castle in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, many years ago when we lived in the area, and I always remembered it fondly as “absolutely crazy.” My mother and I were traveling through …
I’ll just state up front that I am not a fan of living-history museums. They very much feel to me like if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. Historical cooking? Check. A blacksmith? Check. …
Our friend Linda recommended Berkeley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia to us. As it was the home of a US Presidents we would have paid a visit regardless, but it’s always nice to have a …
With our visit to Historic Tuckahoe in Richmond, Virginia, we knocked another difficult-to-visit, lesser-known presidential site off our list: the boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson. Tuckahoe was built between 1730 and 1740 by the Randolph …
We’re getting deep into the presidential sites when we’re visiting places like the Sherwood Forest Plantation in Charles City, Virginia, the home of 10th U.S. President John Tyler. Due to it still remaining privately owned …
