O. Henry Museum, Austin, Texas
At the intersection of East Fifth and Trinity streets in Austin, Texas, a charming Queen Anne-style house sits on a patch of green among the downtown’s concrete and skyscrapers. It is easy to pass by,...
View ArticleJefferson Davis Monument, Fairview, Kentucky
Go driving through southwest Kentucky west of Bowling Green and a little east of Hopkinsville, not far north of the Tennessee border some hot summer day when you could hear cicadas make a constant...
View ArticleAbraham Lincoln Birthplace, Hodgenville, Kentucky
A couple hundred miles from where the Jefferson Davis Monument stands- mentioned in a previous History Traveler blog-another Kentuckian was born eight months after Davis. Near Hodgenville, Kentucky, is...
View ArticlePlaying Games in Old Sturbridge Village
Time stopped in 1832 just south of the intersection at I-90 and I-84 in western Massachusetts. Here is a living history museum, a re-created version of a New England colonial town. For the price of...
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