The young United States faced many challenges and opportunities in the 1820s, and one was the creation of a distinct … More
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Art and Landscape at the Florence Griswold Museum
On a sunny summer afternoon, artists still paint by the Lieutenant River behind the Florence Griswold House in Old Lyme, … More
Historic Yet New: Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum
Seeing the interaction of old and new at the Wadsworth Atheneum in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, is as easy as walking … More
Hagley Museum: American Industry and Invention
On the banks of Delaware’s Brandywine River, the Hagley Museum & Library has so many different features that it appeals … More
Nemours Estate Gardens
If the gardens and mansion at Alfred I. du Pont’s Delaware estate, Nemours, were built to impress, they were also … More
The Ephraim Historical Foundation: Telling the Story of a Unique American Community
Door County, Wisconsin, the 70-mile long peninsula that juts north into Lake Michigan, is synonymous for spring cherry blossoms, grazing … More
Philadelphia’s Bartram’s Garden Connects History and Community
One of America’s most historic gardens survives and thrives in Southwest Philadelphia today, preserving the legacy of pioneering colonial botanist … More
Fruitlands: From Transcendentalist Farm to Cultural Center in Massachusetts
Fruitlands, in Harvard, Massachusetts, was the site of an early farming commune of Transcendentalists founded by Bronson Alcott, father of … More
Japanese Tea Garden Combines History & Beauty
Nestled inside the Golden Gate Bridge Park in San Francisco is the oldest public Japanese Garden in the United States. … More
Grant’s Tomb is a Cultural Institution in New York City
A Monument to one of the Great Civil War Generals and President Everyone jokes about who is buried in General … More
