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Diggin' In Virginia: The Brandy Rock Farm Farewell Hunt
Since 2006, Brandy Rock Farm has played host to fourteen Diggin’ In Virginia relic hunts. With each event, hundreds of participants have...

Tim Murphy
Apr 3, 20215 min read


The Statue of Liberty
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. These illustrious words, synonymous with the Declaration of Independence, are emblematized...

Tim Murphy
Feb 13, 202111 min read


Ellis Island: America's Gateway
On January 1, 1892, Annie Moore—a teenage émigré from Ireland—stood upon the deck of the steamship Nevada. The salty sea air that had...

Tim Murphy
Jan 31, 202118 min read


Paterson Great Falls
Paterson, New Jersey, was America’s first planned city of industry and innovation. The brainchild of Alexander Hamilton, Paterson offered...

Tim Murphy
Jan 10, 202114 min read


Diggin' In Virginia XLIX: Beauregard Farm
Earlier this month, I attended Diggin’ In Virginia XLIX at Beauregard Farm, my fourth visit to this site and nineteenth relic hunt...

Tim Murphy
Nov 29, 20204 min read


Diggin' In Virginia XLVII: The Video
In November 2019, I attended Diggin' In Virginia XLVII at Spillman Farm. This was my eighteenth hunt with the organization and third...

Tim Murphy
Nov 22, 20201 min read


Brotherhood: America's Oldest Winery
The extensive vinicultural history of New York’s Hudson Valley has been celebrated for over three hundred years. When French and Dutch...

Tim Murphy
Aug 9, 20204 min read


Trail Trials: Mount Beacon
Standing 1,610 feet above sea-level, Mount Beacon is the tallest point in New York’s Hudson Highlands. The mountain—scarred with the...

Tim Murphy
Aug 2, 20205 min read


Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright’s legacy has become synonymous with awe-inspiring architecture. Over the course of his seventy-year career, Wright...

Tim Murphy
Jul 12, 20209 min read


Fort Necessity
The Ohio Country was the gateway to the Northwest Territory—a vast expanse of seemingly boundless natural resources spanning from the...

Tim Murphy
May 10, 202012 min read
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