Old House Tours

Ephrata Cloister Visit

After a recent trip to photograph 120,000 Snow Geese during a migration stop at Middle Creek in Pennsylvania, I took a quick tour of the historic religious community, the Ephrata Cloister.  Started in 1732 by German Settlers, it is one of the earliest religious communities in America.  The buildings have been beautifully restored and maintained [...]

Oxford, Maryland Walking Tour

Oxford, Maryland is a beautiful historic town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It is one of the oldest towns in America, marking it’s founding in 1683.  It is a quiet, water-lover’s paradise still populated with working watermen intermingled with Washington D.C. weekenders and retirees.  This photo collection is part of a larger one, taken [...]

St. Michaels, Maryland Walking Tour

Imagine a quaint historic town with cute little shops and big-city caliber restaurants and you've got a good feel for for downtown St. Michaels, Maryland

Musical Wonder House Museum

The Musical Wonder House is a 32-room mansion in Wiscasset, Maine that was built in 1852 by shipyard owners Henry Clark and A. Wood

Four Day, Multi-State House Tour – Guest Submission

Ralph Krainik, a friend of mine from his participation on my other blog just recently went on a four-day house tour through Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia with his photo model (and wife) Pam. He was gracious enough to share his photos with us.

Loch Aerie Basement Tour

Hopefully you've seen the rest of the house in our previous tour. Here is the bonus footage - a walk down into the basement and through the underground storage areas. This is the final footage to complete the tour of this magnificent property.

Loch Aerie

Loch Aerie, AKA Glen-Loch, AKA Lockwood Mansion was built in 1865 by William E. Lockwood, esq., a Philadelphia businessman, in Chester County Pennsylvania. It was designed by famed architect Addison Hutton with landscape design by Charles Miller, the Fairmount Park landscape designer. The design is described in the 1958 Historic American Buildings Survey as being of Italianate Design with Victorian Gothic details.