History

Today we visited Tybee Island for a lighthouse/museum, a sunset cruise, and a delicious seafood boil. What a great place to end this series!

Our tour at the American Prohibition Museum ended with a cocktail, so I guess we know where this establishment stands on the question!

A day in Savannah included a Historical Society, the Mercer-Williams House, the Low House Museum, and a couple of pretty and tasty cocktails.

Henry Flagler's East Coast Railway started in Jacksonville and ended in Key West, and he developed high-end hotels all along the way.

After a great tour of the USS Alabama in Mobile, we completed our relocation to Panama City, FL where the sun and sand were waiting for us!

We usually just pass through OK on our way home, but this time we stopped to see an excellent memorial to an event that I remember like it was yesterday.

Despite the weather, we enjoyed the new state capitol with its observation deck, and the old state capitol with its amazing spiral staircase.

This post includes several days of exploring during our second visit to New Orleans in as many years. We dug way deeper into its history.

Today we made one stop in Darrow, LA that included a massive Great River Road Museum and a gorgeous plantation home with lovely gardens.

We enjoyed a walk in the park and a visit to Historic St. Andrews for sightseeing, a tour of a vintage printer, and a beer by the Bay.

We finished off our fabulous stay in St. Marks and made a stop at San Marcos de Apalache on our way to two nights in Apalachicola.

With security clearance in hand, we left for Port Canaveral. It was a fabulous day, on the Port Canaveral Lighthouse and Spaceflight Tour.

Today we cruised the seventy miles of open water between Key West and Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park (and had some beers).

After our tour of Castillo de San Marcos, we had a great meal and strolled along St. George Street through yet another security measure.

Yesterday's trolly ride was great, but today we learned a little more about one section of St. Augustine – and a lot more about one man.

St. Augustine is a feast for the eyes with a great trolly, fabulous Spanish Colonial architecture, Nights of Lights, and a Bridge of Lions.

As much as I hated history in high school, it’s a whole nother thing to see and hear the stories of when the fate of our country was at hand.

Our stay in New Bern continues with a trip back in time – to one of our country's first colonial capitals and the home of William Tryon.

When a friend shared a post with the very best waterfalls in New York, we immediately added these two to our route back home. WOW!

This post finishes off our extensive list of things to see during our time in Massachusetts. As great as it was, I'm sure we'll be back.

How would you spend a huge inheritance received during the Gilded Age? Build a mansion (or two or three), of course!

Today we'll continue the Hyde Park experience at Eleanor Roosevelt's Val-Kill country cottage. Eleanor deserved a post of her own!

We booked an overnight to visit FDR's home, Library and Museum, and Eleanor's retreat. A Vanderbilt Mansion is a National Historic Site?

We left early this morning with an extensive list of covered bridges to explore. Beautiful blue skies and warm temps made this a perfect day.

We were blessed with beautiful days in Boston and we took advantage of every hour that we could, to be out and about exploring.

For our three days in Boston, we sprung for a great hotel right near the Freedom Trail. We strolled right out of our hotel and into the city.

As someone who hated high school history class, I'm amazed at how much I enjoy visiting places from those dreaded books and lectures.

After thirty-something years hauling-ass past Kenosha when driving to Chicago and beyond, we finally stopped. On a chilly day in November.

We disembarked the Skadi and started our "post"-extension for two nights in Amsterdam (which were not nearly enough).

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Pinecrest Historical Village is full of great old buildings and furnishings that were moved here from other locations around Manitowoc, WI.

Herculaneum was engulfed by a torrent of mud flowing down from the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius as it erupted in the year 79, preserving it for centuries.