Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers, Massachusetts
“I am innocent as the child unborn, but surely, what sin hath God found out in me unrepented of, that He should lay such an affliction on…
“I am innocent as the child unborn, but surely, what sin hath God found out in me unrepented of, that He should lay such an affliction on…
“[T]he great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.” ― Herman Melville The Salem Maritime National…
“The best thing which we derive from history is the enthusiasm that it raises in us.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe …
The personal-finance site Wallet Hub recently ranked all 50 states on their “Gambling-Friendliness”, measured by 12 factors like number of casinos per…
Williamsburg, Virginia, is a history lover’s paradise. I visit the Commonweath’s second capital several times a year. Nestled in the Tidewater region,…
White marble monuments softly glow. Museums teem with fascinating objects. Neoclassical buildings house the moments that shape the future of a nation….
Colonial Williamsburg features pleasant weather, lots of fun and fascinating events, and small crowds of visitors travelling back in time to Virginia‘s…
On October 11, 1776, nine American vessels, under the command of Brigadier General Benedict Arnold, fought a better-armed British fleet in a…
The 11-ton African Bush Elephant rears its trunk in the beaux-arts building’s magnificent three-story Rotunda. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History…
The Smithsonian‘s National Air and Space Museum is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The closest Metro stop is L’Enfant…
Ever wonder which states are the most/least sinful? Me neither. But the folks over at the personal-finance Web site WalletHub did. They…
After a brief morning hike on St. John, my cruise companions and I reboarded the ferry for another quick trip on the…