Sites in Jackson, Mississippi
Willie Morris (1934-1999) was a writer born in Jackson, Mississippi. Though he was just six months old when his family moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi, that’s still enough of a claim to have a library …
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Walter Anderson Museum of Art
The Walter Anderson Museum of Art is another art museum we visited where we had never heard of the artist but thought “why not?” It turned out to be lovely. Walter Inglis Anderson (1903-1965) fits …
The Cabildo Museum
The Cabildo is a historical building in the French Quarter of New Orleans, right on Jackson Square next to the St. Louis Cathedral. Built between 1795 and 1799, it was originally the seat of the …
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Scenes from Montgomery, Alabama
The original portion of the Alabama State Capitol Building was completed in 1851, though subsequent additions have been made. In 1861 the Confederate States of America (CSA) were created in the Senate Chamber, and CSA …
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
You may have noticed we’ve been to many art museums during our travels. I was ready to skip the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, but Doug thought we should go, so we did. It was …
Steffen Thomas Museum of Art
We’d never heard of Steffen Thomas, but his art looked interesting, so off we went to the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art in Buckhead, Georgia. Steffen Thomas (1906-1990) was born in Germany, where he was …
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On the Road in South Carolina
After visiting the absolutely stunning Pennsylvania capitol building, we decided we’d try to see all 50 (which is more difficult than you’d think). For instance, while we were just in Raleigh, the capitol was closed …
Columbia Museum of Art
One Monet on display + one Chihuly on display = we went to the Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, South Carolina! The hanging Chihuly glass sculpture looked awfully similar in style the one we …
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Select Sites Around Raleigh, North Carolina
We spent several days bopping around Raleigh, North Carolina. We did several walks hoping to see birds and got pretty lucky, primarily in Battle Park in Rocky Mount (east of Raleigh), William B. Umstead State …
North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh
North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina, is free and has three Monets on display. It has a number of other big names, but those somehow didn’t have much of interest to me. …