The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
Most people have heard of Thomas Jefferson’s main home Monticello, but how about his “retreat home,” Poplar Forest, in Lynchburg, Va.? We had previously visited Monticello, which is about 80 miles away, and is fabulous. …
The North Carolina Arboretum, just southwest of Asheville, was a disappointment to me; I was worried that I was getting a little snobbish on this topic, so I gave it a really good effort, walking …
Doug and I made time to visit the Atlanta History Center (AHC) since there were four exhibits that we wanted to see, one of which was temporary and so we wanted to make sure we …
Carl Sandburg was a major poet of the early twentieth century, publishing more than 15 collections and winning two Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry, becoming known in his lifetime as the “Poet of the People.” But …
The Foxfire Museum in Mountain City, Ga., must have one of the most unique origin stories I’ve ever heard. In 1966, an English teacher at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School created a magazine with his students, researching …
Gone With the Wind (GWTW) by Margaret Mitchell, the American classic published in 1936, is set in Atlanta and Clayton County, Ga. The Road to Tara Museum is in Jonesboro, Ga., in the heart of …
Doug and I had both listened to Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Gretchen Sullivan Sorin. The book was eye-opening and heartbreaking, to say the least. It tells …
John Marshall (1755-1835) was described by President John Adams as the most important founding father never to become president. He was a lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, and the longest-serving Chief Justice of the United States, …
When you find out that you’re driving practically right past the National Teapot Show that happens only once every three years, you’d best arrange your schedule to stop in. That’s what I told Doug, anyway. …
Just two short months ago we visited the Poe House in Baltimore, so of course we made sure to visit the Poe Museum in Richmond, Va. If you refresh yourself on that story, you’ll recall …
