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16
May
Wild ponies at Chincoteague NWR

Pony Up at Chincoteague

On Chincoteague Island on Virginia's Eastern Shore, the fame of one fictional pony brought world awareness of the wild ponies of Assateague Island and fueled every little girl's desire to have her own pony.
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16
May
Yorktown historic district by Segway

Seeing Yorktown by Segway

Exploring Yorktown by Segway puts a new spin on the Historic District and waterfront, allowing you to cover ground far more quickly than you would by foot.
3 min read
14
May
Dismal Town marker

A Most Dismal Place

While it once covered a million acres of the Colonies, the Great Dismal Swamp, now protected by the Great Dismal Swamp NWR founded in 1974, encompasses 112,000 acres of pine uplands and cypress-tupelo swamps criss-crossed by ditches and levees used by loggers for more than a century.
3 min read
13
May
The Rockefeller's Gift

The Rockefeller's Gift

Built 1793, Bassett Hall became the Rockefeller family's quiet getaway from socialite life in a Williamsburg they helped transform as a showpiece of Colonial history
3 min read
12
May
Model of the Jamestown colony adjoins a riverside memorial

Jamestown: History's Mysteries

At Historic Jamestowne, history is a living, breathing thing, changing daily according to the finds pieced together at the archaeological digs in America's oldest English settlement
2 min read
11
May
Busch Gardens Williamsburg wolf

Williamsburg: For the Wolves?

Wolves in Williamsburg? We didn't expect them in this historic Colonial center, but between the Great Wolf Lodge and Busch Gardens, there were enough to set a theme
2 min read
10
May
Edisto Gardens

Rose-Colored Memories at Edisto Memorial Gardens

A visit to the pride of Orangeburg, South Carolina, Edisto Memorial Gardens, on Mother's Day. Partly set under a canopy of ancient cypress, these gardens have delighted generations of visitors.
3 min read
09
May
Fort Caroline

New France and the River of May

In 1562, Jean Ribault directed his fleet to the mouth of a great river in the New World. He declared the land for France and the waterway "The River of May." A series of historic sites interpret the rise and fall of "New France."
3 min read
09
May
In the hammocks of Washington Oaks

To Spanish Shores

Exploring Florida's Spanish history up the St. Johns River to the shores south of St. Augustine, with time spent meandering around Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, on the site of the Mala Compara Plantation.
3 min read
28
Apr
Bhaktapur marketplace

Remembering Bhaktapur

Bhaktapur, 1999: these images are a moment in time from a journey to Nepal where my sister and I savored the beauty of this UNESCO World Heritage Site, since stricken by an earthquake.
5 min read