We try to get out on a regular basis to tour historic houses, districts and cities around the country. Below are the results of our travels so far.

• 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


• Postcard from the past
  Now an cultural arts park, Glen Echo was once a popular trolley amusement park


• Postcard from the past
  Glen Echo returns to its roots as a cultural arts park


• 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...


• ''Nothing is plumb, level or square''
  At the Smithsonian's folklife festival, master craftsmen talk about restoring -- and loving -- old buildings


• Florida's Kingsley Plantation
  Part I: "Very comfortable habitation..." on the St. Johns River


• Florida's Kingsley Plantation
  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


• Virginia Victorian Revival
  Take a walking tour of Danville's grand mansions


• Postcard from Memphis
  Wayside Victorian Village Worth the Walk


• 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.

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