Check out these covered bridges all located in New Hampshire.
One of New Orleans wealthiest and most prominent citizens, John Thornhill was evicted from the city in 1863 because he refused to sign an oath of allegiance to the Union. The house and all its fine possessions were expropriated by General Butler and occupied by Federal officers.
S.A. Bendheim Co., Inc. has passed its 80-year milestone in the specialty glass industry. Bendheim’s founders persevered through the Great Depression, laying the foundation to become one of today’s largest, most eco-friendly and diversified sources for specialty glass.
Greece is the birthplace of western civilization. Because of this it is part of our past too. The Greek Revival style of architecture inspired my beloved Louisiana plantation houses. It was a place I was destined to visit.
Old Jefferson College is one of the most spectacular complex of buildings on the Great River Road.When Gov. Andre Roman signed legislation incorporating the college in 1831, he described it as an institution where our sons can complete their studies without leaving their native land to study in schools from which they would return as strangers to our manners, our customs,and above all our climate.
In the Yucatan of Mexico there are numerous haciendas. They are the equivalent of our Louisiana plantations.
LIVE music for the My New Orleans series is supported by a grant from the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic.
The centerpiece of rebuilding for the Gulf Coast two years after Hurricane Katrina.
Katrina was still a vague distant threat passing Florida’s tip.
Living with and among our history and architecture is innately southern. It is with you all the time in the south.
While we were in exile from Hurricane Katrina at Gene's sister's house in Pineville, La., we met with Scott and Kathryn Anderson at the Bennett Plantation house and store on its original site.
Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes.
The Adriatic Coast has to be Europe's best kept secrets.
The Freyhan Foundation’s goal is to preserve an historic school building as a community cultural center, site for exhibits and performances of all sorts, as well as permanent home of museum exhibits in tribute to the contributions of the area’s Jewish community in the 19th century. Pauline Friedman, granddaughter of Julius Freyhan, left her entire collection of family photographs to the museum.
It's a tranquil day in the historic town of Trinidad, Cuba. As a lone motorcyclist clatters down a narrow, cobbled street, Tulane University architecture professor Eugene Cizek strolls past colorful Creole-style cottages.