Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) is widely recognized as one of the most influential politicians in American history. During his...

Last month marked the fifteenth and final Diggin' In Virginia relic hunt at Brandy Rock Farm. I have been fortunate enough to visit...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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