Elkins Chapel
Picturesque little chapel is draped in snow and wearing holiday wreaths in Elkins, New Hampshire.
Archive for 'Historic America'
Longhorn Sculpture
In Pioneer Plaza in downtown Dallas, the world’s largest bronze sculpture of its kind depicts a cattle drive of 3 cowboys and 50 steers. Each piece was created by artist Robert Summers of Glen Rose, TX. The sculpture is on the site of the Shawnee Trail, which was a popular cattle drive trail in the [...]
Old Man of the Mountain
The Old Man of the Mountain was the Great Stone Face of Cannon Mountain, renowned as the New Hampshire State Symbol. The old man’s profile was formed by 5 separate ledges. It measured 40 ft. from chin to forehead. Until May 3, 2003, the Old Man was always viewable in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire unless the weather [...]
Wisconsin Farm
Farm in Wisconsin
Badlands of South Dakota
Badlands National Park encompasses 244,000 acres of striking Badlands formations – steep canyons, jagged spires, bands of colorful rocks – blended with mixed-grass prairie. Created by 37 million years of wind and water erosion, the Badlands’ formations feature ribbons of colored stone embedded with the remains of prehistoric creatures. This land, one of the most famous [...]
Dinner Bell
An old farm dinner bell perched in the hemlock trees of Salisbury, NH.
Church Steeple
Historic church steeple seen through the snowy branch of a sugar maple tree in Salisbury, NH
Old West Town
Although this “town” initially appears to be just another “touristy” stop along I-90, 1880 Town in Murdo, SD presents more authentic properties than many others who claim to do so. It began in 1972, after a movie set was built by moving old buildings and gathering Indian relics and antiques together, and then abandoned. The [...]
Mt. Rushmore
The four granite faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, America’s Shrine to Democracy, gaze over South Dakota’s Black Hills. Although a large concrete parking area disrupts the otherwise awesome view, this mountain carving designed by Sculptor Gutzom Borglum, is still visible and makes a clear statement of the respect held [...]
Pickity Place
Pickity Place in Mason, NH is over 200 years old. This little house was used by Elizabeth Orden Jones to illustrate her version of Little Red Riding Hood. It now houses a lovely restaurant that uses fresh herbs from surrounding gardens.
