Olana State Historic Site in Greenport, New York, was the estate home of Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), one of the major figures in the Hudson River School of landscape painting. Olana’s villa overlooks parkland and a working farm designed by the artist, with a wide view of the Hudson River Valley, the Catskill Mountains, and […]
in New York
The Thomas Cole House (Cedar Grove) is now a National Historic Landmark. It includes the home and the studio of painter Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American painting. Cole lived in the home and used the studios from 1833 through his death in 1848. The Old Studio served as Thomas Cole’s […]
Thomas Edison National Historical Park contains Thomas Edison‘s laboratory and Glenmont residence (which was closed when we visited). The park is in West Orange, New Jersey. You’ll be amazed by all inventions that originated out of these laboratories (e.g., motion picture camera, improved phonographs, sound recordings, silent and sound movies, and the nickel-iron alkaline electric […]
Each year it is a tradition for me to go down to the Title Basin and take pictures of the cherry blossoms. This year I decided that I didn’t want to push and shove to get a few pictures! So it meant that I had to see the blossoms before they were fully in bloom. […]
