The Washingtons in Fredericksburg
If you’re a fan of George Washington and his family, and you have a fair amount of time available, you could be very busy in Fredericksurg, Va. We are definitely interested in Washington’s role in American …
Category: History
Wilton House Museum
The Wilton House was built around 1753, but not at its current location in Richmond, Va. When William Randolph II built his Georgian home, it was on his 2,000-acre tobacco plantation 15 miles down the …
Agecroft Hall
Agecroft Hall is a Tudor manor house in Richmond, Va., with a wild and wonderful backstory. The tale begins in the 15th century in Lancashire, England where a wealthy English landowner built himself a manor …
President Lincoln’s Cottage
The day after visiting the family home of President Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, we headed to the outskirts of Washington D.C. for our second attempt at touring President Lincoln’s Cottage. While it is quite …
Architecture / Books / Civil War / History
Tudor Hall and the Booth Family
Doug and I briefly visited family in New Jersey, and timed getting back on the road to coincide with the limited schedule at Tudor Hall in Bel Air, Md. Tudor Hall is the Gothic Revival …
The American Clock & Watch Museum
The American Clock & Watch Museum in Bristol, Conn. is yet another museum we never found time (heh, heh) to visit when we lived nearby, but made time for a stop as tourists passing through. …
The Carousel Museum
Once again we found ourselves playing tourist at a museum we had had nearly two decades to explore when we lived locally, but never found the time. On our swing through Connecticut we finally visited …
New England Air Museum
The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn., is the place to go if you like things that fly. Unfortunately, it turns out I do not like looking at things that fly, but Doug …
Witch’s Dungeon Classic Movie Museum
I wasn’t sure what to expect with our visit to the Witch’s Dungeon Classic Movie Museum in Plainville, Conn. I mean, what is a “classic movie” museum doing in a small town in Central Connecticut? …
Scenes from Western Massachusetts
We hopped back and forth between N.Y. and Mass. as we headed north, then swung back through Mass. as we headed south from Vermont. First up was the Berkshire Botanical Garden, which I was honestly …