On July 1, 1863, advancing Confederate forces clashed with Union troops just outside Gettysburg, sparking a pivotal three-day battle that … More
Tag: Historic Homes
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
The Newly Opened Maison Caillebotte Sheds Light on a Lesser Known Impressionist
Some call him the Greatest Impressionist You Never Heard Of. Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894) not only was friends with Claude Monet, … More
The Evergreens Reopens at the Emily Dickinson Museum
Visitors to the Emily Dickinson Museum (covered last year in Side of Culture) now have even more to explore on … More
“Plant the Change”: Native Plants at Delaware’s Extraordinary Mt. Cuba Center
One of the Brandywine Valley’s lesser-known treasures, Mt. Cuba Center is a captivating botanical garden with a special mission: conserving … More
A Colonial Garden Blooms Again: George Mason’s Gunston Hall
Tucked away on Mason Neck peninsula and just 10 miles south of Mount Vernon, Gunston Hall tells the story of … More
700 Volunteers, 65 Rooms, Glorious Gardens: Akron Ohio’s Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
Around the country, historic homes both famous and less well-known tell tales of families and places that shaped the past … More
A Year of Anniversaries at Hartford’s Mark Twain House & Museum
Novelist, lecturer, humorist, entrepreneur, steamboat pilot, and more: Mark Twain was a true multi-hyphenate, but above all he is one … More
