Deena Bouknight

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In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit the only example of American Florentine architecture. 3/15/2025Updated: 3/15/2025Once a monarchy, Hawaii maintained a palace until the late 1800s. Named Ioloni Palace, it’s the only official royal residence located inside the United States. Interestingly, it’s also considered the only American Florentine style building in the world.

1 month ago | theepochtimes.com | Deena Bouknight

In this installment of History off the Beaten Path, we visit a museum that was once instrumental in guiding ships and sailors from 1855 until 1891. 3/14/2025Updated: 3/14/2025Many lighthouses on America’s coasts and islands are at least 100 feet tall. The Cape Hatteras lighthouse in the Outer Banks of North Carolina tops out at 210 feet tall. However, that isn’t the case for all lighthouses. In San Diego, the historic Old Point Loma Lighthouse at California’s Cabrillo National Monument is shorter.

1 month ago | theepochtimes.com | Deena Bouknight

Alexander Hamilton’s boyhood island of St. Croix was a place of challenge, intellectual curiosity, and possibility. 3/8/2025Updated: 3/8/2025While most of America’s notable founding fathers hailed from Virginia, due to the colony’s affluence and influence in the 17th and 18th centuries, one important figure spent his childhood more than 1,500 miles away on a tiny island. Alexander Hamilton was born on Nevis in the British islands sometime between 1755 and 1757.

1 month ago | theepochtimes.com | Deena Bouknight

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a courthouse that expresses Spanish Andalusian style. 3/2/2025Updated: 3/2/2025Taking up an entire block on more than four acres in downtown Santa Barbara, California, is the  sprawling circa-1929 county courthouse. Santa Barbara County Courthouse’s modified castle architectural plan was designed by the San Francisco firm William Moser Company, headed by father and son duo William Moser II and William Moser III.

1 month ago | theepochtimes.com | Deena Bouknight

In terms of American history, no location is insignificant; that includes Old Town Alexandria, Va., where Colonial-era Americans congregated. 3/1/2025Updated: 3/1/2025President’s Day is just in our rearview mirror, and the country’s semiquincentennial—that is, its 250th anniversary—is on the horizon. Thus, anything pertaining to America’s early history is especially relevant.