The Clough House

The Clough House in Boston is a fascinating look into the city’s past. Located in the North End, the house itself is over 300 years…

Smithereen Farm Store – Pembroke, Maine

Smithereen Farm store offers a wide range of organic and value-added Maine products. They produce much of it themselves; vinegars, teas, jams, seaweed products, They…

American Dream Meadowlands

The American Dream mall in Rutherford, NJ, also known as American Dream Meadowlands, had a long and bizarre journey through planning and construction that produced…

Linden, NJ – a Requiem to Progress

Everywhere you look in Linden there’s a dead zone.  All the while people are zipping along in their cars, riding on trains, running for busses…

Kaufman’s Department Store

Looking at the Old Town Mall in Baltimore today, you’d have no idea it was one of Baltimore’s most important and historic commercial districts. Nearly…

The Met Cloisters

Situated in Fort Tryon Park in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood, the Met Cloisters are an attraction that many natives of New York City may not…

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