Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
William Scarbrough (1776-1838) was a sea merchant and, as of 1818, the president of the Savannah Steamship Company. He was one of the principal owners of the SS Savannah; in 1819 it was the first …
The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
William Scarbrough (1776-1838) was a sea merchant and, as of 1818, the president of the Savannah Steamship Company. He was one of the principal owners of the SS Savannah; in 1819 it was the first …
Unless you were a Girl Scout, you may not know Juliette Gordon Low, but we learned she was a very interesting women. We visited the home of her early life, the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace …
Having already visited the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, we needed to complete the circle and go see where that dimwitted blighter husband of hers came from: the Andrew Low House Museum, also in Savannah, Georgia. …
The Pin Point Heritage Museum in Pin Point, Georgia, (outside of Savannah) is housed in an old oyster cannery, and is dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee culture that lived and worked here for nearly a century. …
The Telfair Academy in Savannah, Georgia is an art museum situated inside of an English Regency mansion. The home was designed by William Jay of Bath, England, and completed in 1819. The Telfair Academy also …
I was a bit underwhelmed by the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters in historic Savannah, Georgia, especially in comparison to some of the more elegant homes in the area. The home, finished in 1819, is …
There are museums around the world devoted to all kinds of unusual topics, and you can count on us visiting them whenever they pop up near our itinerary. And so when we learned about a …
Doug will probably disagree, but I found the Florida Citrus Tower in Clermont to be completely underwhelming. It was $11 per person to ride up to the top and look out where Citrus trees used …
We stopped at the Cummer Museum of Art in Jacksonville, Florida, to break up our dash north from Orlando once Doug’s conference was over. It was a delightful little museum right on the water, with …
Though I do not carry or use a knife as a matter of habit, I can appreciate fine craftsmanship when I see it. Randall Made Knives in Orlando, Florida, is a maker that has a …