The Winchester Mystery House® is an architectural wonder and historic landmark in San Jose, CA that was once the personal residence of Sarah m Lockwood Pardee Winchester, the widow of William Wirt Winchester and heiress to a large portion of the Winchester® Repeating Arms fortune.

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Samuel S. Haldeman (1812-1880) was a distinguished scientist, author and leading authority on natural history and the ethnic development of languages and phonics. Haldeman was born in this 1782 federal-style home, overlooking the Susquehanna River. Dozens of staff members, maintenance crews and g...

Fort Mifflin, originally called Fort Island Battery and also known as Mud Island Fort was commissioned in 1771 and sits on Mud Island (aka Deep Water Island) on the Delaware River below Philadelphia International Airport. During the American Revolutionary War, the British Royal Navy bombarded and...