While I was visiting Monticello and Polyface farm this past week I stopped at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia. The museum’s basic function is to celebrate the diversity of the early colonial immigrants–and to show how their backgrounds {English, German, Irish, West African} all contributed to the success of the colonies. Holy canolies Read More >>
James Madison’s Montpelier
I was going through some photos of our trip last to Virginia and realized I forgot to share our trip to Montpelier {James Madison’s estate}. Since we went to Monticello and Mount Vernon last time we were back east, I thought I’d better keep up the themed history lesson and check it out. Quick history Read More >>
Luray Caverns – Luray, Virginia
Last week while The Girl and I were in Virginia, we stopped by the Luray Caverns. IT.WAS.AWESOME. The Luray cavers were discovered in 1878, by Andrew Campbell and a small group of his men. The land the caves were on was privately owned at the time. It was later put up for auction, due to Read More >>