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The Historic Traveler Archives A Collection of Great Writing That Takes You There
"American Parthenon" Tennessee's Tribute to a Greek Ideal, a Nashville Tourist Draw, and an Old Birthday Party Souvenir "Buckingham Palace" Symbol of Strength and Tradition "Colorado's Mesa Verde" Mystery of the Ancient Ones "For the Birds" The swallows may go elsewhere now, but history lovers still flock to California's Mission San Juan Capistrano. "Get Thee To This Nunnery" El Convento, a luxury hotel in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, is in a 346-year-old building that once housed a convent. "The Hearst Castle: A Castle for the Chief" Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst never did anything on a small scale. "In the Pink" Beautiful Roseland Cottage adds color to a small Connecticut town. "Kykuit on the Hudson" New York's Palatial Rockefeller Estate "Montgomery Meigs' Masterpiece" Washington, D.C.'s Old Pension Building is not your typical government structure. "The Mysteries of Machu Picchu" For centuries this breathtaking Inca city lay deserted and forgotten in the mountains of Peru. Rediscovered in 1911, it has tantalized visitors with unanswered questions ever since. "Natchez, Mississippi" Past, Present, Perfect "Puerto Rico's Walled City" Visit Peaceful San Juan—and find out why people were willing to fight over it. "Queen of Palm Beach" Florida's "Whitehall" Mansion Serves as a Museum, and as a Monument to Money and One Last Romance. "Raising the Dead" New Orleans has a unique approach to life—and death. "Scotty's Castle" A rich man dreams of a Death Valley palace. "West Baden Springs Hotel" It's a surprising sight for rural southwest Indiana. Next to a hillside in a land of rolling hills and farmland stands an enormous circular palace, capped with a wine-colored dome and crowned with four fanciful Moorish towers. "What's Wright?" Welcome to the Eighth Wonder of the World
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