The house in July 2024 "Listen, my children, and you shall hear/Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere..." Almost every American has probably heard those words at some point, but relatively few know much about the man who wrote them. His name is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , and he was the most popular English-language poet of the 1800s. On the facade of Columbia University's Butler Library in New York City, his name is carved in stone alongside those of the greatest American wri

The Fireman's Monument in Church Square Park in October 2020 Hoboken, New Jersey, is a city full of history. At only a mile and a quarter square, with a population of just over 60,000, Hoboken does not, based on the numbers alone, sound like it should be one of the most famous cities in the United States. Yet, thanks to proximity to Manhattan, where frequent ferry and PATH train service have transformed Hoboken and the portion of Jersey City immediately to its south into the

The Meeting House in January 2020 This striking building is one of the few non-residential structures in one of Manhattan's most sought-after and historic neighborhoods. Located just off Gramercy Park , nestled among buildings where one-bedroom apartments sell for over a million dollars, the old Friends Meeting House, now home to the Brotherhood Synagogue , was one of the first buildings designated as a New York City Landmark . Though primarily recognized for its architectur

The Adobe House in June 2016 On a hill overlooking the sprawling, tree-canopied Bay Area suburb of Pleasanton sits one of the area's oldest homes, an adobe brick structure that recalls a time when ranches rather than tech companies dominated the area's economy. The Alviso Adobe is California State Historical Landmark #510 and is today the centerpiece of the cherished Alviso Adobe Community Park . ALVISO ADOBE "Built in 1854, the Alviso Adobe is one of the few adobe struct