Deena Bouknight

Important Roosevelt memorabilia preserved in a North Carolina farmhouse is now being installed in the Rough Riders’ South Dakota library.

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a Georgian-style home built two years before colonial America’s independence.

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we look at a grandiose California government building influenced by beaux arts design.

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we enter a Philadelphia post office honoring our nation’s first postmaster, Benjamin Franklin.

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we venture into a lush environment to view the unpretentious resting place of a historic aviator.

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit an Italian island whose botanical paradise is equal to its baroque palace.

How a Holocaust survivor’s memoir, “All but My Life,” replaces bitterness with a legacy of love, gratitude, and American patriotism.

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we learn how the design of Luxembourg’s largest castle was enhanced over centuries.

A nondescript, square brick building belies the opulence expressed in the interior of this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages.’

My grandmother, who was unabashedly proud of her adopted country, showed me why America was worth cherishing.