historic sites

As a kid, nothing made a long drive complete like a stop at a historic site. From the battlefields of the Civil War, to time traveling back to early Plymouth at Plimoth Plantation, there’s more to American history than we realize, and it’s all around us. Just ahead at the next exit even.

Hiking Rockefeller State Park Preserve: Looking for Spook Rock, Hulda the witch and the non-headless horseman origins of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow Landscapes: Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Fall, Sleepy Hollow, Pleasantville, Westchester County, New …

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Old Westbury Gardens: An English estate on Long Island’s Gold Coast

In a case of mistaken identity, Roger Thornhill was taken at gunpoint from a posh Manhattan eatery and driven out to a mansion on …

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Daily Life of the 19th Century: Patent Medications and Homeopathic cures at Washington Irving’s Sunnyside

Top: Medicine box beside Washington Irving's deathbed When you're touring a historic home museum, keep an eye out for the little …

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Exploring ancient Greece in Nashville, TN: The Parthenon

Nashville Landmarks: Exterior of the Parthenon, c. 1897, Centennial Park, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Nashville, …

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