Barb those are fantastic --I feel like I am really right there.!
Oh, yes! Thats two of us. Thats what Endview is...they do a lot of re-enactments there. I have been to Monticello, but it was years ago, and I dont remember as much about it as I want to!Originally Posted by RicaLynn
I live about 20 minutes from the Jefferson Davis monument. It's a scale replica of the Washington Monument (about 8 stories, I think), and it's outside a little tiny town in KY, middle of nowhere really. My dad is a huge Civil War buff, so when he was here we drove out to see it. It is an unattended site except during the height of summer.
I've been to my share of historical sites, though. Mount Vernon, Monticello, the Hermitage (3x) and various other battlefields and historical homes here in the south. Can you tell I was raised by a Southern sympathizer?
I am definitely going to look into a visit pretty soon! How awesome that would be!Originally Posted by Kellyyfaber
I live 10 minutes away from Abingdon VA which is a BEAUTIFUL old historic town. If you love old historic towns, you've gotta check this out:
http://www.visitabingdon.com
I do too! Missouri is a good one...but I just love good ol' charming Virginia. There are a lot of older architecture houses by where I live, and I just love to look at them...even though they are in bad disrepair...theres just something about them that I cant let go of!oh me!
oh i love all kinds of history! i lived in a house for a while that was haunted and ended up researching the history of our whole town! Virginia though there's a lot more history down there...i'm in idaho, and it's rather dull, a bunch of men moved here and killed off all the indians and took over, there are a few places that are interesting though...i'm originally from missouri and that's another place just thick with great history!
I love those pictures! And thank you for sharing the ghosts photos...I am so into that stuff too. I watch weird travels on the travel channel when it comes on...I swear, I like gobble up American history! I love Lee Hall because they actually have a museum in the basement...I am going to poct some pictures of the inside for you guys!oh yes, Diane, I do! We don't have the kind of history that the east coast does, as settlement in the Northwest was so much later in the 19th c. (Seattle: c. 1871) so we're so much "newer". But here are two sites, #1 being Manresa castle, built by old ship's captain who made good in the fur trade, up at Pt. Townsend seaport north of Seattle. It's said Manresa is now haunted and there are photos of the ghosts that I have(do you wanna see?) -- and #2 is the house that was used in a Stephen King thriller, the Rose, and the real name of it is Thornewood Castle.
I love a lot of the New York architecture as well. I am not really a big city kind of girl...I am a southern girl...but I will tell you...I can admire the buildings all the same. I think a lot of the west coast wasnt developed until later, and then places like san Francisco were destroyed in the earthquake and fire that happened in the early 1900's.Since I grew up in NY city I was surrounded by old buildings most of my formative years, and I still find them amazing. My biggest complaint about living on the west coast is that everything looks so... new... (although that's nice when you want to get DSL and Cable TV. ;-)
St. Patrick's Cathedral, the NY Library, the museums, the Cloisters... all gorgeous...
I love Virginia for this reason also...and I have been to Pennsylvania...around the Uniontown and Point Marion, also in Adah(?), and I love the coal mine towns...the architecture there is awesome as well. I like going to Morgantown/Masontown on the PA-WV border...the mountains just add to it...not to mention I love the trains!Im in love with Virginia for this reason,Its also one of the reasons i loved living in Charleston so much, The buildings and houses were amazing! When I was little my Dad used to take me around Pensylvania and show me all the historical buildings I remember how he used to tell me how the bricks were laid, how the carvings were done it was facinating! Eric and I have always talked about restoring an old victorian!
I am glad there is someone else out there who loves history with me! I live about 2 hours away from Prince William...I live in this speck of a town called Gloucester.I love history. I do genealogy and I'm jealous that you are in Virginia as that is where most of my roots in the US begin. I see the name Lee. You don't happen to live near Westmoreland / Prince William Co area?
I do wonder. The whole time I was touring Lee Hall, I was imagining who would be coming up the beautiful staircase...the Lady of the House rocking the baby in the cradle...the daughters playing in the room...I always wonder.Beautiful! All of them! Midland is home to a whole lot of historical sites, such as Saint Marie Among the Hurons, The Historical Naval Establishments (Discovery Harbour since it's been privitized), and the Mytar Shrine. I guess living in a city so rich in history was what prompted my degree in Anthropology.
Do you ever drive by old buildings (I love love love old factories) and wonder what the people were like who were there? What they wore, and what their lives were like? Sometimes I even wonder what the glass would feel like in the windows and how many rooms are in the building. It's so neat to imagine.
Crawford Road Bridge
Location: Crawford Road Bridge, Yorktown VA
Date: Feb 18 05
Investigators: Connie Picard, Shelia Carver, Celia Tidwell
Time: 8:30 pm
Weather: mild, no wind
Equipment: Emf meter, Digital cameras, 35mm cameras, audio recorders
Summary: This was our second trip to this location. Both investigations were done at night. Unexplained digital and audio evidence was gathered. We have a feeling, that the image we caught on camera could very possibly be paranormal activity. Unusual male voice heard on tape, tape was new out of wrapper, however...because we cannot rule out tape defect, we cannot claim this to be an authentic EVP.
2 of the investigators present claim to have seen a shadowy “figure†pacing along the bridge moving from left to right.
The story behind this haunting is that a young black woman hung herself from the bridge. Please look at the location of the orb we caught. The picture has not been altered with the exception of lightening it with photo delux to be able to view photo.
NOTE: This location is very remote and dark. We were informed by a police officer who patrols this area, that this road has a long history of deaths, crime and various other unpleasant situations. If investigating this site, please take safety precautions and DO NOT investigate by yourself.
rosiemac said:I love historical places!, and heres mine which are only 30 minutes away from where i live.
Alnwick Castle
rosiemac said:Oh, it's not your house then??
sashacat421 said:Originally Posted by rosiemac
I love historical places!, and heres mine which are only 30 minutes away from where i live.
Alnwick CastleWell i didn't want to boast, but?!Originally Posted by rosiemac
Oh, it's not your house then??
rosiemac said:Originally Posted by sashacat421
Well i didn't want to boast, but?!
Susan if I spent the weekend with you I'd never find you! And hey, why do you only have two cats?
Just breathtaking Susan, what history lives in those walls!
Wow! How did you know that I love castles?? I have always wondered how they constructed things like castles when they didnt have the technology nor the tools we have today. I think these pictures are awesome! Thank you so much for posting them!Originally Posted by rosiemac
I love historical places!, and heres mine which are only 30 minutes away from where i live.
Alnwick Castle
Bamburgh Castle
Diane, I love this one. I felt the sadness immediately when I studied the photo, even before I read. I just knew something awful had happened there. Ghosts are nothing more than spirits caught between our world and the next...they come back because something isn't settled or resolved, or to get something that they've left behind is all. If more people understood this, they'd be a lot less scared and more receptive to "seeing" things we don't understand with a scientific explanation![/quote]Originally Posted by sashacat421
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This is right next to Endview Plantation. Rumor has it that during the civil war, a woman slave escaped from confederate soldiers, carrying her baby. While running, she ended up meeting with a band of confederate guerillas who took her baby and threw it from the bridge, killing it instantly. They were going to take her back, and to avoid going back, and desolate over the loss of her child, she hung herself from the bridge. People say you can hear the baby wail, and you can hear her crying before all is silenced and you see her hanging from the bridge. This is area is where a soldier was kidnapped from an ATM and brought out here and shot to death. There have been numerous other murders, and the road is pretty isolated...and while driving on it, you can feel the sadness. By the time you emerge, you are not only depressed, but nervous for no apparent reason!
I will keep looking and see what else I can find to post! I have found some pretty good ghost stories of Rosewell, though!
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Diane and you Barbara, and anyone else who ever came to visit my home town?!". These castles along with many of the others around me would be the first place i take you all to.Originally Posted by diane8704
Wow! How did you know that I love castles?? I have always wondered how they constructed things like castles when they didnt have the technology nor the tools we have today. I think these pictures are awesome! Thank you so much for posting them!
I would love to see them in person...they are just majestic in appearance...and its awesome to behold in just a picture! I can just imagine that it would take my breath away if I ever got the chance to see it! Thank you again for posting those pictures...any stories you have about them...please feel free to post so I can read about them!! Let me go back and review, maybe there are websites...if not...spill the beans on the castle history!!Originally Posted by rosiemac
Diane and you Barbara, and anyone else who ever came to visit my home town?!". These castles along with many of the others around me would be the first place i take you all to.
Because they are so near to me, i know these castles like my own home because i've been to them so many times.
Oh and Barbara can you imagine how many cats i could have in a place like that?!