The Tupperware Confidence Center Museum
File this under something silly and nostalgic, but once we learned there was a Tupperware Museum that was only open for six hours a week –– of which exactly 45 minutes lined up with our …
Category: History
Art & History Museums of Maitland
I didn’t have high expectations for the Art & History Museums of Maitland, Florida, as it seemed an odd assortment of museums focusing on subjects that I wasn’t especially interested in. But Doug had a …
Leu Gardens
I was excited to visit the Leu Gardens in Orlando, Florida, as they were very well-rated and…well…flowers. Plus a historic home to tour and decorations for their Halloween events! I expected it to be my …
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
Doug and I went to the Stephen Foster Museum located in Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park while passing by White Springs, Florida. Who is Stephen Foster you ask? Well, you won’t find out …
Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site
I finally found a Confederate site that Doug wouldn’t object to visiting: the site that marks where Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured on May 10, 1865, at the end of the Civil War. Located …
Andersonville National Historic Site
In 1996, the powerful docudrama Andersonville aired on television. I remember being horrified/fascinated by it, and reading a book about it soon thereafter. Ever since I’ve wanted to visit the camp, and we were finally …
Roosevelt’s Little White House at Warm Springs
Woo-hoo! A presidential site we were both excited about -– Roosevelt’s Little White House located in Warm Springs (formerly Bullochville), Georgia. During the pandemic I read Polio: An American Story#AD by David M. Oshinsky. It …
Etowah Mounds State Historic Site
The Etowah Indian Mounds in Cartersville, Georgia are not going to win any prizes for exciting places to visit, even though they are “the most intact Mississippian culture site in the Southeast”, per Georgia State …
New Echota State Historic Site
Normally I eschew sites that are reproductions, but I made an exception for the New Echota State Historic Site in Calhoun, Georgia due to its connection to the Trail of Tears, one of the subjects …
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Exploring Chattanooga, Tennessee
First, can we just take a moment to appreciate the number of double letters in “Chattanooga, Tennessee”? I mean, it’s really something. Chattanooga sits along the Tennessee River, just above Georgia, nestled in the foothills …