The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
The Hershey Story Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania is devoted to the legacy of Milton S. Hershey, as opposed to Hershey’s Chocolate World, which is devoted to chaos and taking your money chocolate. Both fall under …
On a frigid January day off, we decided to spend the day in Philadelphia, Penn., to knock some more museums and historical sites off of our list. This sculpture of Benjamin Franklin went from “cool” …
In the fall of 2023, we toured The George Washington Masonic National Memorial just outside of Washington, DC, in Virginia, and it was over the top. Would we be bored or disappointed visiting another Masonic …
Having relatively recently been to the Edgar Allan Poe sites in Baltimore and Richmond, I was eager to get to the site in Philadelphia, the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site. On the other hand, …
The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is beautiful inside and out (except for the surgical abortion signs on the lawn, but forget that part for now). Construction began in 1846, …
We planned a visit to the Parkway Central Library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, because we wanted to see a stuffed raven, naturally. We were delighted to find much more. The Parkway Central Library is a branch …
Normally I’d argue that we had previously visited the American Clock & Watch Museum and we are now set for life on clock and watch museums. However, the National Watch and Clock Museum in Columbia, …
We continued our exploration of Philadelphia for a second day. (Here’s what we did on our first day.) Elfreth’s Alley dates to 1703, and currently has 32 small houses built between 1720 and 1836. Not …
Doug and I went to Philadelphia to see a concert, and decided to spend a couple of days taking in some history. Mid-way through the first day we were alerted our concert was canceled (the …
Douglas and I had visited Fonthill Castle in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, many years ago when we lived in the area, and I always remembered it fondly as “absolutely crazy.” My mother and I were traveling through …
