Old World Wisconsin

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Old World Wisconsin, is Wisconsin's rural-living history museum that features the state's ethnic diversity and heritage. The museum has 10 different farms to represent each settlement group, namely German, Irish Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Yankees, African Americans and English.

author: Rohrs, Kirsten
Museums, Art museums, Wisconsin

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Massachusetts to Maine: a house in motion

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A restored Cape house in southeastern Maine is described. Originally built in Falmouth, MA, by Joshua Jenkins in the 1760s, the house had been dismantled when found in 1993 by a couple from Maine. They bought and moved it to their land where it was rebuilt.

author: Rohrs, Kirsten
Maine, Remodeling and renovation

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Small-town treasures

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The DuBose House, the Honeycutt House and the Ashford Inn in Clinton, NC, offer glimpses of 18th-century Southern life. Heirlooms include a Chippendale tall-case clock, oil portraits, tables and chairs.

author: Rohrs, Kirsten
Analysis, North Carolina

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subjects list: Historic buildings, Historic sites
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