The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
The North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, N.C., is dedicated to all forms of transportation. Located in former railyard of Southern Railway that dates to the 1890s, the museum now includes automobiles and aircraft in …
We did a straight shot down I-95 through Virginia on our way south, primarily stopping in Fredericksburg and Richmond. Here are some items we thought were interesting along the way. The Markel Building was supposedly …
Over-the-top Maymont is an estate and public park in Richmond, Virginia. Sitting on 100 acres, it includes the Maymont Mansion (a combination of Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne styles), an arboretum, formal gardens (Italian and …
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 …
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA opened in 1936. It is one of the largest art museums in the U.S., and it’s free! The museum has a large Faberge and Russian collection, …
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 …
My research put the Gari Melchers Home and Studio on our travel map, yet neither of us had ever heard of Gari Melchers. We figured that if preserving his home and studio seemed worthwhile, a …
Many of our followers are wondering how much money we have been spending on our adventures, probably pondering if they can afford to do this, too, right? As an accountant, I had of course tried …
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. …
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 …
