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History and Humor, A Random Ramble
THROWBACK History and Humor Flock Together, Notes from 2008
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Route 66: Still Kicking (not dead yet)
THROWBACKS Nearly Thirty Years After a Jaunt Along America's Most Iconic Highway, Asphalt Nostalgia Has Its Limits
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Annette Goes Colonial (Williamsburg)
THROWBACK Looking Back on a Long Stay at Colonial Williamsburg Thirty Years Ago, and What I Learned. You May Be Surprised.
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World-Class Tunnel to Nowhere Goes Somewhere!
THROWBACKS In 2014, Visiting the Thames Tunnel, 19th Century London's State-of-the-Art . . . Thingy . . . That Became More State-of-the-Art as It Got…
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American Tourists In Britain, 21st Century Style
THROWBACKS Annette (Brit in America) Takes Americans to London in 2007, In the Footsteps of Early Transatlantic Travelers
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Downstairs, Not Upstairs: Turning A Mansion On Its Head
THROWBACKS My 2015 Visit to Ickworth, A Massive English "Stately Home" Shown Differently
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A Library Full of People
THROWBACKS Visiting The Strangest "Library" Ever: A Luxurious Library for the Dead. Introducing the History of Death in America
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Old Place: A UK "Town" Familiar to US Viewers
THROWBACK A Visit to Britain's Beamish Museum in 2008, photos from 2013, and News from Non-Boring House in 2022
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Rampaging Around Castles
THROWBACKS Dover Castle and Kenilworth Castle, Britain, 2008: A Historian Homeschools, and Learns When To Let an 8 Year Old Take Charge
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To Go With The Wind . . . or not.
THROWBACKS: Taking an Eight Year Old to the Historic Houses of the Atlanta History Center in 2008.
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Beowulf with Hoosen, Jr.
THROWBACKS That Time I Threw Caution to the Wind, and Homeschooled a Third Grader
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Relaxing at a National Championship
THROWBACK, 2013: A Gentle and Ancient Sport That Brings People Together. Doesn't That Sound Good?
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