top of page
Search
Tim Murphy
Aug 18, 20198 min read
Bethlehem Steel
The rusting blast furnaces that tower over Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, once powered the largest shipbuilding company and second-largest...
2,256 views
Tim Murphy
Aug 11, 201911 min read
Fort Mifflin: The Fort that Saved America
Tucked away from the sprawl of Philadelphia International Airport stands one of the most significant forts in American history. Fort...
374 views
Tim Murphy
Jul 21, 20198 min read
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
The American Revolution was far from a unified affair. Fierce partisan warfare between Loyalist (Tory) and Patriot sympathizers ravaged...
180 views
Tim Murphy
Jul 14, 20196 min read
Grandfather Mountain
Grandfather Mountain is the highest peak in the Blue Ridge Range, towering prominently over the highlands of North Carolina at 5,946 feet...
163 views
Tim Murphy
Jul 7, 20194 min read
The Blowing Rock
The Blowing Rock is a small park in western North Carolina that has entertained tourists for nearly ninety years, while its legend has...
64 views
Tim Murphy
Jun 30, 20197 min read
The White House of the Confederacy
Located at 1201 E. Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia, the former Executive Mansion of the Confederate States stands rather unassumingly...
174 views
Tim Murphy
Jun 9, 20199 min read
Shirley Plantation
Shirley Plantation is America’s oldest family-owned business dating back nearly four hundred years. The estate has been actively farmed...
1,547 views
Tim Murphy
Jun 2, 20198 min read
The George C. Marshall House
In the realm of international relations and policy, few can compare to the respect and influence garnered by General George C. Marshall....
196 views
Tim Murphy
May 26, 201920 min read
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Over the course of American history, no one person's celebrity has ever garnered the national esteem bestowed to George Washington:...
82 views
Tim Murphy
May 5, 201926 min read
The Richmond Battlefields
Richmond, Virginia: the contentious capitol of the Confederacy. Its preeminence as a prosperous city of commerce and industry made...
104 views
Tim Murphy
Mar 3, 20199 min read
Bennett Place
As the Civil War entered its fourth year in 1864, little progress had been made to quell the rebelling states. President Abraham Lincoln...
66 views
Tim Murphy
Feb 23, 20194 min read
Chimney Rock State Park
The anomalous geologic formations of Chimney Rock have been captivating the inhabitants of North Carolina’s Hickory Nut Gorge for...
100 views
Tim Murphy
Feb 17, 201911 min read
Historic Brattonsville
There are few historic sites in America that accurately reflect our nation’s greatest triumphs while simultaneously recognizing some of...
224 views
Tim Murphy
Feb 3, 201910 min read
The Biltmore Estate
Measuring nearly 179,000 square feet, the Biltmore Estate is the largest privately owned home in America. Constructed between 1889 and...
340 views
Tim Murphy
Dec 21, 20187 min read
Historic Tredegar Iron Works
Richmond, Virginia, was the political and industrial capitol of the Confederacy—at its center was the Tredegar Iron Works. This massive...
590 views
Tim Murphy
Dec 16, 20187 min read
Belle Isle
Amidst the roaring rapids of the James River and the towering skyline of downtown Richmond, Virginia, Belle Isle stands out as one of the...
580 views
Tim Murphy
Nov 25, 20188 min read
The Wright Brothers
For millennia, people have been fascinated by the concept of human flight. From the Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus to the designs of...
42 views
Tim Murphy
Nov 17, 201811 min read
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
The Roanoke Colony was England’s first attempt at establishing a permanent settlement in the New World. In August 1587, over 110...
843 views
Tim Murphy
Nov 12, 20185 min read
Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
Thomas Jefferson spent decades as a faithful public servant to the American people. He authored the Declaration of Independence, was the...
102 views
Tim Murphy
Nov 4, 20188 min read
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove Plantation
The Civil War was about slavery. That statement simplifies our nation’s most tumultuous era to its very basic structure. It’s easy to...
50 views
bottom of page