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Southern Byways

July 5th, 2007

Old St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Florida

For those of you who really don’t like to spend the day covering a zillion acres, and yes sometimes amusement parks can feel that way, I found something that you might like instead. What you are about to see is a collection of nine historic houses spanning the period from 1790 to 1910 and […]

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June 14th, 2007

Museum of Automobiles, Morrilton, Arkansas

This museum is open year round, but I think that it might be just the place to take Dad for Father’s Day.  There are some amazing classics to check out ranging from the Lincoln Continental of President JFK and President Clinton’s Mustang Convertible.  And there are also car shows in June and September!
Adults $7.00
Students (6-17) […]

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June 5th, 2007

Photo of the Day - North Carolina Maritime Museum on Roanoke Island

The North Carolina Maritime Museum on Roanoke Island is one of three regional sites of the state’s maritime museum. There are also facilities in Beaufort and in the Town of Southport. The Roanoke Island facility was added to the system in 1998, twenty-five years after the founding of the museum in […]

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April 14th, 2007

Big Stone Gap, Virginia

The name of the town was what first caught my attention. And then when I arrived, I found that they had a coal museum. So, why do you care??
“Because coal mining, to a large extent, defines the area–how people live, where they work, and how they think and feel. The Coal […]

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