New Hampshire’s Black Heritage Trail

Slavery in Colonial America was not confined to the southern plantations. New England ports were the northern tip of the … More

The Armour-Stiner (Octagon House), Irvington, NY

The Lower Hudson River Valley, shouldered by its scenic rolling hills, is a repository for art, architecture, literature and legend. … More

The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced today that seven new sites have been accepted into their prestigious Historic Artists’ … More

This was the outcry in 1961 when the City of Norwalk, Connecticut, threatened to raze Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, one of the … More

Unlike the isolation of Plymouth Colony, 18th century Williamsburg was the bustling energetic capital of Virginia, the largest and most … More

Nestled in gardens in the Berkshires town of Lenox, writer Edith Wharton’s country home, The Mount, serves as both a … More

The home, studio, and 250-acre estate designed by 19th-century landscape painter Frederic Church, Olana is one of the treasures of … More

The young United States faced many challenges and opportunities in the 1820s, and one was the creation of a distinct … More

On a sunny summer afternoon, artists still paint by the Lieutenant River behind the Florence Griswold House in Old Lyme, … More

Seeing the interaction of old and new at the Wadsworth Atheneum in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, is as easy as walking … More