The Morgan Library and Museum is the creation of JP Morgan, a banker who amassed a fortune during America’s “Gilded Age.” When he died in 1913, his left behind an estate worth around $25 billion in today’s terms. What’s astonishing is that Morgan didn’t break the top ten richest Americans of that era. Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, […]
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12 Paintings You Must See at the MoMA
New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is one of the largest and most important modern art museums in the world. Its collection is made up of nearly 200,000 works and includes some of the best examples of Western contemporary art. But art is subjective and our opinions can vary wildly about what is beautiful […]
Visiting the Booker T Washington National Monument
Booker T. Washington was born a slave on a Virginia plantation in 1856. From those humble beginnings, he became one of the most prominent African American leaders in the United States. Washington founded Tuskegee University in 1881 to help disadvantaged minorities learn marketable skills and the National Negro Business League to promote Black entrepreneurship. President […]
Beautiful Washington DC Area Parks and Gardens
Tourists flock to Washington DC for its outstanding Smithsonian Museums, elegant monuments and memorials, and imposing government buildings. But the city is also home to a surprising amount of green space. Of course, everyone knows about the Tidal Basin thanks to its annual cherry blossom display, and the National Mall with its wide open view […]
Things to Do in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
Cruising Virginia’s Blue Ridge Parkway should be on every traveler’s wish list. The road winds through the Blue Ridge Mountains in the southwestern corner of the state, offering breathtaking vistas at nearly every turn. Autumn is an especially good time to visit, as foliage blankets the mountainside in vivid shades of yellow and orange. The […]