We visited the Herkimer Diamond Mines in Herkimer, New York last summer. Herkimer Diamonds are quartz crystals. For $26 ($10 for adults & $8 for kids) we spent hours with our hammers cracking rocks, and we found many “diamonds.” My dusty boys had a lot of fun looking for hidden treasures. There is also a […]
Anyone who has read The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne would enjoy touring the house that inspired his gothic novel. The house, one time owned by Hawthorne’s cousin Susanna Ingersol is in Salem, Massachusetts. The childhood stories Hawthorne heard from his cousin inspired him to write the famous novel, but he was adamant about the […]
On Memorial Day weekend last year, we headed to Gettysburg since my son was learning about the Civil War in school and we had a fun, educational weekend! We started at the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center. We purchased the Gettysburg value ticket which included a licensed battlefield guide bus tour and the cyclorama, […]