Samuel Cupples House
I keep promising myself that I’ll cut back on historic houses that are all show and offer little in the way of interesting history, but I can’t seem to help myself. The Samuel Cupples House …
Category: Architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park
After a couple of sites with somewhat dubious Frank Lloyd Wright claims, we finally got to tour the genuine article. The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park in Kirkwood, Missouri, (just West of St. …
City Museum
The City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri, came on my radar again and again as something we “must do,” while in town, but I couldn’t quite figure out what all the fuss was about. They …
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis has absolutely stunning tilework inside, the largest mosaic installations in the world outside of Russia. It contains nearly 42 million glass tesserae pieces in more than 7,000 colors! The …
Campbell House Museum
Thanks to a large number of photographs taken by a family member in 1885 (which can be seen on their website), the Campbell House in St. Louis, Missouri, has been meticulously restored to the Victorian …
The Utopian Societies of New Harmony, Indiana
New Harmony, Indiana, is a small town with a rich history – it is the site of two early American utopian communities! We spent a few rainy hours walking around, touring Community House #2, and …
Rambling Through the Hoosier State
Saint Meinrad Archabbey We briefly stopped into the Saint Meinrad Archabbey solely to see some pretty architecture, and it did not disappoint. The campus and buildings were lovely. The monastery is located in St Meinrad …
Reitz Home Museum
The Reitz Home Museum in Evansville, Indiana, doesn’t have an especially interesting history, but it’s got some over-the-top decorating and architectural details, and that’s enough for me! The French Second Empire style home was built …
The Peters-Margedant House
So here’s a super-tiny historic house, with no parking suitable for an oversized van, no regularly-scheduled tours, and no way to book or request a tour except by email or telephone? Sound too complicated? Since …
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum
You see the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum has a famous author mentioned (that’s Ernest) in its name, so it’s no surprise we found ourselves there. However, I thought it was a bit of a stretch to think …