Historic Shrines of America

Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

Mill Grove and Fatlands, Near Philadelphia

4 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

Mill Grove and Fatlands, Near Philadelphia

Mill Grove and Fatlands, Near Philadelphia: Audubon

In two widely separated places, attracted by the country, he bought land. One estate was on Perkiomen Creek, near Philadelphia; the other…

Mill Grove and Fatlands, Near Philadelphia: Bakewell

While he was dreaming of what he would do for the world, something was happening in London that was to have an effect on his life. An…

Mill Grove and Fatlands, Near Philadelphia: Waynesborough

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