Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Pennsylvania April 2025 Stepping Back in Time at Hopewell Furnace We visited a charming, lesser-known National Park Service (NPS) gem. As a living history museum featuring 19th-century buildings, structures, and appliances, Hopewell Furnace allowed us to travel back in time and enjoy a fascinating glimpse into America’s early iron industry. […]
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Valley Forge National Historic Park Pennsylvania April 2025 A Glimpse of Valley Forge April 19, 2025 5.41 mi 2:05:56 hrs 77 °F Even before we started, we knew we would only see a small part of Valley Forge National Historical Park. This site is enormous, spanning 3,500 acres and featuring 35 miles of trails. Due
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Visiting Harrisburg, PA Pennsylvania April 2025 History and Community in Midtown Harrisburg April 18, 2025 0.96 mi 0:24:34 hrs 52 °F In Midtown, Harrisburg, we started at Broad Street Market, one of the United States’ oldest market houses. This indoor market offers locally grown produce, baked goods, and other fresh foods dating back to 1860.
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Our Stay in Lancaster, OH Ohio April 2025 Trading Naperville’s Chill for Lancaster’s Spring April 9, 2025 386 mi ~ 7 hrs Following an enjoyable few weeks with family in chilly Naperville, IL, we headed eastbound just after 8 am Central Time (CT). Just an hour later, we experienced hardly any traffic around Chicago, we
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Ohio’s Covered Bridges, From Active Crossings to Preserved Relics Ohio April 2025 Daring to Cross Our First Ohio Covered Bridge April 10, 2025 Location 64 °F We set out for the day to drive around rural Ohio to explore some covered bridges. Our first stop led us along the gravel, somewhat narrow backroads of Morgan
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Discovering the Beauty of Hocking Hills State Park Ohio April 2025 Hiking Through History and Nature at Old Man’s Cave April 10, 2025 2.18 mi 1:02:07 hrs 55 °F We visited Old Man’s Cave, the most popular area in Hocking Hills State Park. It was named after an old hermit who made the cave his
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Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Ohio April 2025 Mysteries of the Mound City Group We visited Mound City Group in Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, since 2023. Mound City Group is a restored Hopewell earthwork complex containing 25 mounds of varying sizes enclosed by a low, earthen wall. The Hopewell
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Our Highlights in Columbus, OH Ohio April 2025 Memorial Grove, A Sacred Space in Columbus April 12, 2025 7.61 mi 2:48:54 hrs 45 °F We started our visit to Columbus, OH, by seeing the 2.5‑acre Memorial Grove, a memorial garden behind the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, both opened to the public in 2018. Its
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A Glimpse into The Kremer Collection Exploring Dutch Museums and Galleries Rembrandt’s Scratches With friends, I went to the Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar to admire the Kremer Collection. This collection is a private one, on loan to the museum, containing approximately 100 Dutch and Flemish masterpieces from the Dutch Golden Age. George and Ilone Kremer have
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Utrecht Path Leg 10 SP13 Hollandsche Rading to Maarssen March 2025 Crossing into North Holland at Hollandsche Rading Monday afternoon, around half past twelve, we were back at the station in Hollandsche Rading for a new leg of the Utrecht path, which this time also passes through the province of North Holland. The Hollandsche Rading,
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