by Jessica James | May 9, 2022 | Gettysburg, Museums
A Gettysburg WW2 museum opening in 2022 provides a new incentive for history buffs and families to visit the charming small town in southcentral Pennsylvania. As the name implies, the World War II American Experience and Education Center isn’t a stuffy museum where...
by Jessica James | Mar 7, 2022 | Historic Sites, Museums, Old Houses
A true historical gem in Huntsville, Al., is the Weeden House Museum and Garden. Not only is the house itself intriguing, but so are the stories of the people who once called it home. Built in 1819, the Weeden House is the oldest public house museum in Alabama. The...
by Jessica James | Mar 3, 2022 | Historic Sites, Museums
You know you’re walking into a historic building the minute you open the door at Harrison Brothers Hardware in Huntsville, AL. Maybe it’s the charm and appeal of the vintage displays, or maybe it’s the chime of an old-fashioned cash register ringing in your ears. In...
by Jessica James | Nov 29, 2021 | Museums, Old Houses
Spending a night at the historic El Rancho Hotel in Gallup, N.M., is almost like staying at a museum—but a bit grander and a lot more comfortable. Some of the greatest film stars of the mid-20th century used this rustic-yet-lavish hotel as their home base while...
by Jessica James | Oct 5, 2021 | Museums
Staying aboard the Delta Queen hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was a unique lifetime experience that I can now check off my travel bucket list. You see, the Delta Queen is not your typical hotel. The Delta Queen Paddlewheel Steamboat was actually the last fully...
by Jessica James | Mar 22, 2021 | Museums, Uncategorized
I am lucky to live in Gettysburg, Pa., which is located less than an hour away from a museum that reveals Civil War Medicine Facts that you may have never heard of. As an author of half a dozen Civil War novels, I have studied the Civil War pretty deeply, but a visit...
