Located in Jinshan district of Shanghai, near the border of Zhejiang province, Fengjing ancient town is known as Shanghai's "Southwest Gateway" and boasts a history of more than 1,500 years. Fengjing ancient town, Shanghai Located in Jinshan district of Shanghai, near…
Best things to do in Dallas, Oct. 26 – Nov. 1 Down Main Street, Jesse Slaughter guides a group of locals and tourists. He just finished telling the group about an old city legend of a fatal 1856 shooting between the sons of two…
Test your knowledge of Melbourne and Victoria with Stephen Brook’s quiz. October 23, 2026 — 5:00am This 67-hectare space is home to almost 3000 traders who sell to greengrocers, restaurants, food manufacturers and florists, but the Coalition has pledged to sell it to help pay…
A Virginia Press Association award-winning publication and Alexandria's best source for community news, opinion, entertainment, sports and local features. Established in 1823, the Virginia Theological Seminary acquired a sizable amount of its current property off Quaker Lane four years later. In…
In early 1941, Wesmond Building and Investment Company broke ground on a 320-home residential development, north of East Glebe Road and bounded on the east by Jefferson Davis Highway, visible on the left. The post Out of the attic | Lynhaven Community…
A stretch of road in the West End, today extending from Duke Street south toward the Capital Beltway, was evident on Civil War-era maps. The post Out of the Attic | Old Lincolnia Road appeared first on Alexandria Times. A stretch…
The new federal city, the District of Columbia, was laid out in a diamond shape and marked with boundary stones in 1791 and 1792. The post Out of the attic | D.C. boundary markers appeared first on Alexandria Times. The new federal city, the…
Fowle, a Massachusetts native, acquired the house and half-acre lot in 1811 after Patton experienced financial problems. In Alexandria, Fowle was a partner in a shipping firm and later served in the leadership of the Alexandria Canal Company and the Bank…
The Izume Fumoto Samurai Residence Group in the northern part of Kagoshima Prefecture, which I visited in my previous article, still strongly retains the traces of its role as an important defensive stronghold for the Satsuma Domain in its street…
In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a medieval-turned-Renaissance palace in Florence. Palazzo Davanzati: Florentine Medieval Mansion Rising from a piazza in the city of Florence, Italy, the Palazzo Davanzati is an outstanding example…
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