Terrace Hill Historic Site
Terrace Hill in Des Moines, Iowa, is a historic home built in 1869, which now serves at the Iowa Governor’s Mansion. The home is 18,000 square feet in size and sits on the highest hill …
Category: Architecture
The Glass House
I have been wanting to go to the Glass House in New Canaan, Conn., for years. Why, yes, I did live in Connecticut for nearly two decades and never managed to get there, though Doug …
Kansas State Capitol
Woo-hoo, state capitol number 13 is in the books with our visit to the Kansas State Capitol, located in Topeka! Topeka has served as the capital since the territory became a state in 1861 Kansas …
Oklahoma State Capitol
It’s time for another visit to a state capitol building, our 12th, for the State of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma State Capitol was built from 1914 to 1917, except for the dome. The …
National Ranching Heritage Center
Several people recommended the National Ranching Heritage Center to us, and it has a whopping 4.8-star rating on google. Since Doug was working, what else was I gonna do on a scorching hot August day …
Colorado State Capitol
No trip to Denver would be complete without a visit to the Colorado State Capital as part of our quest to visit all the state capitol buildings in the country. The Colorado State Capitol was …
Architecture / Art / Museums
Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls & Toys
Sure we’ve already been to a few miniature and toy museums already, but they haven’t lost their allure yet, so why not see another. The Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys in Lakewood, Colorado, …
Molly Brown House Museum
You’ve perhaps heard of “the unsinkable Molly Brown” and known she was a survivor of the Titanic sinking, but there’s a lot more to her than that. It’s all covered in the Molly Brown House …
Wyoming State Capitol
Cheyenne is one of the state capital cities that is nowhere near the center of the state. It wasn’t even a dot on the map until the builders of the transcontinental railroad ended up there …
Animals / Architecture / Birds / Flowers
Scenes from Northeast South Dakota
We were settled in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for a couple weeks around Doug’s jury duty service, and took a weekend trip around the Northeast corner of our home state. Let’s be honest, there is …