The rich really do sleep better at night — or at least the bed isn’t
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George Washington slept, surveyed, fought and lived...
A young George Washington spent time in Winchester, Virginia as a surveyor for the building
Explorers: Tales of Endurance and Exploration
Pytheas was a Greek who lived almost four hundred years before the Christian era. Perhaps
An uncomfortable encounter with the Civil War
“Stonewall Jackson ate pancakes on this griddle.” This was a fitting end to a museum
Finders, Seekers
No matter how lightly you pack for a trip, there’s one item neither you, nor
Hotel Rooms with City Views
Let’s talk about city hotels for a moment, shall we? Particularly, let’s talk about the
Liberty and Equality for All? Philadelphia's Controversial...
Call it a contradiction, call it hypocrisy, call it blasphemy, but there’s no getting around
Music, history, & Scotland: Emily Smith
Emily Smith finds landscape and history, and the connections between them, endlessly inspiring for her
In This Heat
In this heat, the air holds everything. It contains sewage and sweat and metal shavings
Immigrant stories: edible history at the Tenement...
One of my favorite places in Manhattan is the Lower East Side Tenement Museum (see
