Georgetown is the third oldest city in South Carolina and one of the most charming. It’s located in between popular destinations Charleston and Myrtle Beach, and often overlooked or visited on a short day trip. But there are enough things to do in Georgetown, SC to warrant a longer stay. The city dates to 1729 […]
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Atalaya Castle and Brookgreen Gardens, SC
Atalaya Castle and Brookgreen Gardens are two gems of the South Carolina Low Country. Both date to the 1930s and are the stunning creations of Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington. Archer, a railroad heir, purchased four former rice plantations along the coast. Their romantically named home, Atalaya Castle, came first and is designed in a […]
The Splendid Morgan Library in New York
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, […]
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 […]