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Traditional Homes
By Peter Fish
In Columbia, South Carolina, the restored Mann-Simons Site honors centuries of African-American life
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Traditional Homes
The New York mansion of America’s first self-made female millionaire holds out the hope of success through enterprise
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Inspiring Gardens
See the farm that inspired the beloved author to cultivate an independent life and write some of her most famous works
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Features
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Louis Armstrong’s New York City home is glamorous, down-to-earth and waiting for your visit
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Books
A farmhouse and chickens launched Wilder’s writing career and fueled a love for all ‘wild, free, beautiful things’
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Business leader Maggie L. Walker championed national change from an inspiring home base in Virginia
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Travel by Design
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Fifty years after the civil rights leader’s death, the Atlanta home where he was born celebrates an American icon
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Traditional Architecture
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In Upper Manhattan, explore the gracious home of Alexander Hamilton, the founding father turned Broadway star
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In Washington, D.C., Frederick Douglass’ Cedar Hill honors a life passionately devoted to freedom
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Events
The author penned many works here, including his children’s classic, which Disney has remade into a movie
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Victorian Design
Helen Mirren’s new movie delves into the mind behind the bizarre California mansion. We go behind the scenes
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