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A Chapel of Ease in New York City
By Linda Tancs
Built in 1766, St. Paul’s Chapel, located at Broadway and Fulton Street, is part of the Parish of Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City. It was known as a “chapel-of-ease” for those who did not want to walk a few blocks south along unpaved streets to Trinity Church. Its famous worshippers include George Washington, who made his way there after taking the oath of office to become the first president of the United States. His pew remains in the church.
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Billed as the Great North American Eclipse, a total solar eclipse will cross North America on April 8, 2024, passing over Mexico, the United States and Canada. The path of the eclipse begins in Mexico, entering the United States in Texas, and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The eclipse will enter Canada in Southern Ontario, and continue through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton. This will be the last time any solar eclipse will be visible within the United States until 2045.
Be prepared! So long as supplies last, you can purchase eclipse glasses and other accessories, like a phone app and photo filter, from American Paper Optics, a NASA-approved manufacturer. The link in the preceding sentence is an affiliate link, which means that if you click on the link and purchase merchandise from the page, then I may receive a small commission.
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A Sporting Attitude in New Jersey
By Linda Tancs
Yogi Berra is an icon in American baseball history. Celebrated as much for his career statistics as for his malapropisms, his dedication to education, sports and community informs the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center. Located on the campus of Montclair State University in New Jersey, the 8,200-square-foot facility features permanent and rotating exhibitions telling the unique story of Yogi and explores history, culture, science and society within the larger context of baseball and sports.
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Billed as the Great North American Eclipse, a total solar eclipse will cross North America on April 8, 2024, passing over Mexico, the United States and Canada. The path of the eclipse begins in Mexico, entering the United States in Texas, and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The eclipse will enter Canada in Southern Ontario, and continue through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton. This will be the last time any solar eclipse will be visible within the United States until 2045.
Be prepared! So long as supplies last, you can purchase eclipse glasses and other accessories, like a phone app and photo filter, from American Paper Optics, a NASA-approved manufacturer. The link in the preceding sentence is an affiliate link, which means that if you click on the link and purchase merchandise from the page, then I may receive a small commission.
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The Home That a Soft Drink Built
By Linda Tancs
Walter Bellingrath was one of the first Coca-Cola bottlers in the Southeast. He used his vast wealth from that endeavor to build a grand estate in Theodore, Alabama. The result is Bellingrath Gardens & Home, a 65-acre public garden and historic home of Walter and Bessie Bellingrath located on the Fowl River near Mobile. The 15-room home (dubbed by the architect as “English Renaissance”) was built using bricks dating to 1853 and ironwork from the 1870s salvaged from historic structures in Mobile and remains completely furnished with antiques collected by Mrs. Bellingrath. Allow at least two hours to tour the expansive gardens, a centerpiece of which is the Great Lawn. Guided tours of the home are available daily.
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Billed as the Great North American Eclipse, a total solar eclipse will cross North America on April 8, 2024, passing over Mexico, the United States and Canada. The path of the eclipse begins in Mexico, entering the United States in Texas, and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The eclipse will enter Canada in Southern Ontario, and continue through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton. This will be the last time any solar eclipse will be visible within the United States until 2045.
Be prepared! So long as supplies last, you can purchase eclipse glasses and other accessories, like a phone app and photo filter, from American Paper Optics, a NASA-approved manufacturer. The link in the preceding sentence is an affiliate link, which means that if you click on the link and purchase merchandise from the page, then I may receive a small commission.
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Planting Fields on Long Island
By Linda Tancs
Located in Oyster Bay, New York, Planting Fields is one of only a few surviving estates on Long Island. It includes Coe Hall, a 65-room Tudor Revival mansion purchased in 1913 by English immigrant William Robertson Coe and Mai Rogers Coe, heiress and daughter of Standard Oil partner Henry Huttleston Rogers. Guided tours provide visits to select rooms on the first and second floors; self-guided tours are also available, with docents available for questions throughout the manor. Equally as stunning are the gardens designed by the Olmsted Brothers Firm (sons of the famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of New York’s Central Park). Maintaining its original 409 acres, the garden complex includes an Italian garden, cloister garden and circular pool, rose garden and perennial garden together with two greenhouses.
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Savannah’s First School
By Linda Tancs
Located in the Historic Landmark District, Massie School was the first free public school in Savannah, Georgia. Opened in 1856, it continues an educational function today as Massie Heritage Center. The kid-friendly exhibits include a photo history of people who attended, visited or taught at Massie School. There’s also an authentic 19th-century classroom where students can engage in authentic grade-level appropriate reading, writing, arithmetic and geography lessons and practice penmanship with quill pens. The facility is named for Peter Massie, a Scottish immigrant to Georgia in the late 1700s, who bequeathed a portion of his fortune to the city for the establishment of a free school for the poor.
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Billed as the Great North American Eclipse, a total solar eclipse will cross North America on April 8, 2024, passing over Mexico, the United States and Canada. The path of the eclipse begins in Mexico, entering the United States in Texas, and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The eclipse will enter Canada in Southern Ontario, and continue through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton. This will be the last time any solar eclipse will be visible within the United States until 2045.
Be prepared! So long as supplies last, you can purchase eclipse glasses and other accessories, like a phone app and photo filter, from American Paper Optics, a NASA-approved manufacturer. The link in the preceding sentence is an affiliate link, which means that if you click on the link and purchase merchandise from the page, then I may receive a small commission.
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The History of Tennis
By Linda Tancs
The International Tennis Hall of Fame preserves and promotes the history of tennis and celebrates its champions. The museum displays over 2,000 items from its vast collection, including items associated with each hall of famer. The facility also features The Hall of Fame Tennis Club, which is open to the public daily for court time, lessons and clinics. One of the most interesting exhibits at the museum is the hologram of tennis great Roger Federer, giving visitors the experience of a one-on-one encounter. The museum is on the second floor of the historic Newport Casino Building in Newport, Rhode Island.
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The Mountains Are Calling
By Linda Tancs
Named for ecologist and mountaineer John Muir, the John Muir Wilderness in California stretches for 100 miles along the crest of the Sierra Nevada. Muir was a staunch advocate for the area’s preservation and is widely known for saying, “The mountains are calling and I must go….” And many continue to go, especially the 30 million or so who live within a few hours’ drive of its snow-capped mountains, deep canyons and vast expanses of glacially-carved terrain. The region is approachable from both sides of the Sierra Nevada. Most visitors, however, enter from the east at various points along highway 395, from the town of Mammoth at the north end down to Whitney Portal above Lone Pine at the south end. Mount Whitney (at around 14,500 feet) is the highest peak in the contiguous 48 states.
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Billed as the Great North American Eclipse, a total solar eclipse will cross North America on April 8, 2024, passing over Mexico, the United States and Canada. The path of the eclipse begins in Mexico, entering the United States in Texas, and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The eclipse will enter Canada in Southern Ontario, and continue through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton. This will be the last time any solar eclipse will be visible within the United States until 2045.
Be prepared! So long as supplies last, you can purchase eclipse glasses and other accessories, like a phone app and photo filter, from American Paper Optics, a NASA-approved manufacturer. The link in the preceding sentence is an affiliate link, which means that if you click on the link and purchase merchandise from the page, then I may receive a small commission.
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The Wright Skyscraper
By Linda Tancs
Preeminent designer Frank Lloyd Wright was best known for his domestic architecture. So it may come as a surprise to learn that he also designed a skyscraper. Located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Price Tower (a 19-story historic landmark) is Wright’s only skyscraper and one of two vertically-oriented buildings he designed. The other building, the SC Johnson Wax Headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin, is the only building designed by Wright that is still being actively used as corporate headquarters. Price Tower Arts Center offers tours of the structure, including a visit to the restored 19th-floor executive office of H.C. Price and the H.C. Price Company Corporate Apartment.
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A Tribute to Stonehenge in Texas
By Linda Tancs
Ninety percent as tall and 60 percent as wide as the original Stonehenge in England, Stonehenge II in Ingram, Texas, is a tribute to the prehistoric monument in Wiltshire. The stunning replica was created by Al Shepperd and his neighbor Doug Hill. It’s located beside the Guadalupe River on the campus of the Hill Country Arts Foundation.
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Whimsical Art in New Jersey
By Linda Tancs
Named for an amusement park in Italy, Luna Parc is a hunting cabin-turned-art studio in Sandyston Township, New Jersey. The brainchild of eclectic artist Ricky Boscarino, the site features more than 100,000 items. The artist repurposes common objects like bread tabs, bowling balls and crutches to create madcap art; the front façade alone is as madcap as it gets, like a cartoon come to life. One of the most stunning rooms is the bathroom, where mosaic work is composed of more than 1 million pieces of glass. The venue is open to the public only certain times of the year.
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