Bard of Democracy: The Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum on Long Island

During April’s National Poetry Month programs and America’s 250th anniversary, the life and work of Walt Whitman, the self-proclaimed “Bard … More

Preserving Heritage – The Amana Colonies in Iowa

They weren’t called towns. They weren’t called villages. They were called colonies. They are the Amana Colonies, seven settlements created … More

Women of Gettysburg are Memorialized at the Shriver House, the Jennie Wade House, Evergreen Cemetery and the new Beyond the Battle Museum

On July 1, 1863, advancing Confederate forces clashed with Union troops just outside Gettysburg, sparking a pivotal three-day battle that … More

Buffalo’s Restored Frank Lloyd Wright Treasures: Martin House and Graycliff

Once threatened by demolition, two remarkable homes by Frank Lloyd Wright in Buffalo, New York, stand today as evidence of … More

Castles of Creativity: Mercer Museum & Fonthill Castle in Bucks County, PA

Bucks County, just northeast of Philadelphia, has long attracted creative people, from Pennsylvania Impressionist painters in the early 20th century … More

A New York Treasure Turns 100: The Morgan Library & Museum

Three Gutenberg Bibles, the only surviving manuscript of Milton’s Paradise Lost, Thoreau’s journals, 1,500 Old Master drawings: financier John Pierpont … More