The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
The last of the du Pont-related visits we made in Wilmington, Del., was also the most opulent – the Nemours Estate (the other visits were Hagley and Winterthur). This 200-acre “country estate” has a 77 …
Winterthur, pronounced “winter-tour” and named after an ancestral home in Winterthur, Switzerland, is one of the famous du Pont-related estates in Wilmington, Del., (we also toured Hagley and Nemours, and they are very different experiences). …
There’s a lot going on at the Hagley Museum, the site of the first-built of the trifecta of remaining du Pont estates in Wilmington, Del. (the others being Winterthur and Nemours, both of which we …
As is usual with my trip planning, our days were packed with adventures! Here are a few of the other interesting sites we took in on our visit to Pittsburgh, Penn. St Paul Cathedral – …
The Baynerhof Museum is one of those places you tour because the reviews tell you to – 130 five-star reviews on TripAdvisor is pretty epic. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, but it was …
I love interesting historic homes, so of course we stopped to tour Clayton while in Pittsburgh. Clayton was the Victorian home of coke- (relating to coal, not drugs) and steel-magnate Henry Clay Frick and his …
The Heinz Memorial Chapel in Pittsburgh will have you saying “Wow!” out loud when you enter. It’s beautiful on the outside, but it’s the 23 exquisite stained-glass windows on the inside that make it worth …
Doug and I took a tour of the Nationality Rooms at the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh. We arrived early, though, so wandered the halls on the second floor, trying doors, and …
The Ephrata Cloister in Ephrata, PA (near Lancaster) is another “I didn’t see it when I lived there, but came back as a tourist” experience. The Ephrata Cloister is not far at all from where …
The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, NJ is a show stopper. Who knew there was a stunning French Gothic Revival style cathedral in Newark (Newark!) with not one, not two, but three …
