Unearthing Florida: 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet

Shipping riches of gold, silver, and exotic resources from the New World across the Atlantic was often dangerous for Spanish sailing fleets centuries ago: especially during hurricane season.

In July of 1733 the New Spain fleet, made up of four armed ...

All Souls Episcopal Church and Parish House

The All Souls Church and Parish Hall, sanctified in 1896, are at the pivot point of Biltmore Village's fan-shaped plan, opposite the train depot and tapered plaza, so passengers arriving by train had an exaggerated perspective view of the church. ...

Southern Railway Passenger Depot (Biltmore Depot)

The village of Best, named for owner of the Western North Carolina Railroad, William J. Best, was the location of Asheville's first railway station with its initiation October 3, 1880. Railway passengers traveling to Asheville and surrounding areas used the ...

Unearthing Florida: Chattahoochee Landing Mounds

For Native Americans, rivers were highways, and along the Apalachicola River, one site that served as a major hub of activity was the Chattahoochee Landing.

The Chattahoochee Landing site sits strategically at the junction of two major rivers that form ...

Biltmore Estate Office

George Washington Vanderbilt's vision for his Biltmore Estate was not limited to his grand mansion, but included a picturesque, manorial village that would serve as an ornament of the landscape and solve the practical problem of housing estate workers and ...

Churches on Church Street

Since the mid-19th century, Church Street has been home to a number of congregations that chose to locate south of Patton Avenue. The Central United Methodist Church met in a frame building beginning in 1837, but the current building was ...

Unearthing Florida: Negro Fort

During the War of 1812, the British built a military base in Florida on the eastern bank of the Apalachicola River that became a sanctuary for runaway slaves. The U.S. government called it “Negro Fort.”

After losing the war, the British ...

Lizzie Borden House

Located on 92nd street in the community of River Fall Rhode Island resides the house of Andrew J. Borden. In 1892, the murders of Andrew and his wife, Abby Borden, became an American controversy for the latter half of the ...

St. Matthias Episcopal Church

St. Matthias Episcopal Church stands at the top of a steep hill in an area of central Asheville known locally as "East End," one of the oldest neighborhoods developed by African Americans in the city. Reverend Jarvis Buxton, a noted ...

Unearthing Florida: Apalachicola River

Flowing over 100 miles from the northern state line to the Gulf of Mexico meanders one of the most important waterways in Florida’s history: the Apalachicola River.

The Apalachicola River basin within Florida covers more area than the state of Connecticut ...