Cooperstown, N.Y.
Visited: March 28, 2004
NPS Site Visited: There’s no baseball in the NPS
Local Website
Why the Baseball Hall Melancholia?
Click Here for Gab’s Further Feelings on Cooperstown.
WHAT IS IT?
Mythical site of baseball’s founding. Place of enshrinement for the baseball’s greatest players and museum dedicated to the history of the game.
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Archive for March, 2004
National Baseball Hall of Fame
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2004 | 1 Comment »
I Love This Game at the Basketball Hall of Fame
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Michael:
A new Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts opened in 2002. A triumph in museum design, interactivity and inclusiveness, the Hall of Fame is a celebration of the game. It is a loving tribute, it is a living tribute. We had a great time.
Every kid and every adult at the Hall [...]
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Springfield, Mass.
Visited: March 28, 2004
NPS Site Visited: Not an NPS Site
Local Website
We Loved the Hoops Hall and Wrote More!
Click Here for Our In-Depth Tour of Basketball’s Beginnings.
WHAT IS IT?
Enshrinement hall for basketball’s greatest players as well as a museum dedicated to the history of the game.
BEAUTY (7/10)
No doubt about it, this bright open building [...]
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt and FDR Presidential Library
Posted in Uncategorized on March 26, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Hyde Park, N.Y.
Visited: March 27, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 7 of 353
Presidential Library Visted: 1 of 12
NPS Website, Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Family estate, birthplace and lifetime home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president. Includes the first Presidential Library and the gravesites of Franklin and first lady Eleanor.
BEAUTY (7/10)
Gorgeous view of the Hudson River. Although still [...]
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site on March 26, 2004 | 3 Comments »
Hyde Park, N.Y.
Visited: March 27, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 8 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Dutch-style cottage used by Eleanor Roosevelt as her home from 1937 to 1962.
BEAUTY (6/10)
It’s easy to see why Val-Kill cottage was the First Lady’s favorite place on the Roosevelt Estate. Surrounded by woods and streams flowing into a man-made pond, [...]
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Writer, Writers on March 24, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Philadelphia, Pa.
Visited: March 24, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 4 of 353
NPS Website, Local Website
Want More? Read About Our Phun Philled Philadelphia Phoray.Click Here for the In-Depth Recount of Our Day.
WHAT IS IT?
Brick building lived in by American author Edgar Allan Poe in 1843 and 1844.
BEAUTY (2/10)
How nice can an unfurnished house that was rented over 150 [...]
National Constitution Center
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Affiliated Site, Constitution, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia on March 24, 2004 | 4 Comments »
Philadelphia, Pa.
Visited: March 24, 2004
NPS Park Site: Not an NPS Site
Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Brand new museum (opened July 4, 2003) dedicated to an explanation and education of the United States through its founding document, the Constitution.
BEAUTY (5/10)
A sleek white modern building, with part of the Constitution’s Preamble etched on the outside, the Center itself is [...]
Independence National Historical Park – Independence Hall and Congress Hall
Posted in National Historical Park on March 23, 2004 | 3 Comments »
Philadelphia, Pa.
Visited: March 23, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 3 of 353
Local Website
Why Such an Appalingly Low Score? Want More? Click Here for our In-Depth Independence NHP Story.
Security measure have changed since our 2004 visit. Ergo, New Review Coming Soon! Hopefully, the changes have brought a great improvement.
WHAT IS IT?
Cordoned-off area of Independence Hall NHP that includes [...]
Mark Twain House
Posted in Uncategorized on March 7, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Hartford, Conn.
Visited: March 28, 2004
NPS Site Visited: Not an NPS Site
Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Ornately and expensively decorated and designed 19-room house lived in by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and his family from 1874 to 1891.
BEAUTY (6/10)
Samuel Clemens married into money and contracted with a controversial architect to design the house in well-to-do Hartford, Conn. Unique [...]
