Tours

• Nothing is Plumb Level or Square
  At the Smithsonian's folklife festival, master craftsmen talk about restoring -- and loving -- old buildings
• Touring Historic Cape Girardeau
  Historic houses abound in this rose of a city located on a rare inland cape along the Mississippi River
• A house restored
  Thinking about restoring an old house? "The return will be worth it," says Dee Weisz.
• St. Augustine: America's first city
  Founded in 1565, this city has been inhabited ever since. A tour of its houses offers a window to our past.
• St. Augustine: America's first city (Part 2)
  St. Augustine's oldest house
• St. Augustine: America's first city (Part 3)
  More houses in America's oldest city
• St. Augustine: America's first city (Part 4)
  The Ponce de Leon Hotel
• St. Augustine: America's first city (Part 5)
  How to get there, where to stay, what to see.
• Touring Mr. Lincoln's House
  A U.S. National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois, this is the only home Abe Lincoln ever owned.
• Touring Mr. Lincoln's House: Inside the home today
  A room-by-room visual tour of the house restored to its 1860 appearance.
• Touring Mr. Lincoln's House: Photos through the years
  Photographs and drawings from the 1850s onwardof Lincoln's only home.
• Touring Mr. Lincoln's House: Ways & Means
  Information on visiting the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois.
• Touring Mr. Lincoln's House: Inside the home today (cont...)
  A room-by-room visual tour of the house restored to its 1860 appearance.
• A postcard from the Indian River
  Meandering along Florida's Indian River, avoiding a northern snow storm
• A spring postcard
  Spring arrives in the North and the Mid-Atlantic ...
• Tigers and reindeer and hares, Oh my!
  A postcard from the past: Glen Echo's famed Dentzel carousel, Art Deco buildings and more
• Old Fort Western
  Along Maine's Kennebec River, this 1754 house and fort illustrates life on the New England frontier
• History reclaimed!
  The "Painted Ladies" of Lafayette Square in St. Louis arise victorious for the third time
• The Victorians of Lafayette Square
  St. Louis neighborhood an early victim of its own success
• Hard times for Lafayette Square
  Age of blight follows devastating cyclone
• Lafayette Square
  Rising victorious from the ashes -- for a third time
• Lafayette Square today
  "One of the best Painted Ladies neighborhoods in the country..."
• Visit Lafayette Square
  Annual Holiday Parlor Tour features "haunted" houses
• South of the Border
  Betcha' can't drive past 200 miles of billboards without stopping in to see Pedro...
• Florida's Kingsley Plantation - Part 1
  Part I: "Very comfortable habitation..." on the St. Johns River
• Florida's Kingsley Plantation - Part 2
  Part II: Anna and Zephaniah Kingsley
• The House of the Seven Gables
  Hawthorne's famous domicile still evokes mystery, reverence
• Touring Historic Cape May
  This Victorian seaside resort overcomes fire and blight to become a favorite of old house lovers
• Maine's Poland Spring
  This source of famed bottled water was a legendary resort in years gone by
• The Maine State Building
  This octagonal house was moved piece by piece to its current Poland Spring site. It's a Victorian gem.
• Maine's Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community
  Members of this religious community keep the faith - and open their wonderful buildings to the public.
• Season by season
  Capturing the essence of New England in photos
• Postcard from Memphis
  Wayside Victorian Village Worth the Walk
• Virginia Victorian Revival
  Take a walking tour of Danville's grand mansions
• Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
  Our third president's Virginia country retreat was no cabin in woods. It's a must-see for preservation fans.
• Summer camp at Jefferson's Poplar Forest
  This field school caters to campers whose idea of heaven is hands-on training in museum quality research and restoration.
• A Spring Postcard, From The North & The Mid-atlantic
  Spring

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