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Main Street112 viewsJust down from the shop on the corner is the Heinz house. Ketchup was not their first product. Teenage Mr. Heinz started by making horseradish in the family basement and selling it.
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McGuffey cabin112 viewsThe guy who brought us McGuffey Eclectic Readers which generations learned to read from was born in this tiny one room cabin. There was barely room to cook since the bed fills most of it. This is typical of most cabins on the frontier and does have a loft above where the children would sleep.
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The Wright Bros. Cycle Shop110 viewsThey started by fixing and repairing bicycles in this shop while working nights on their idea for an airplane in the back.
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Model T station108 viewsSeveral different models available. This one could hold 6. Climb aboard!
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Ye Olde Machine Shop and Foundry106 viewsLearn to make a little brass candlestick on a lathe.
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Chicken coop with real chickens (bottom)79 views
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Slave Quarters77 viewsRare, these were made of stone because they came from a plantation in Georgia which produced the finest bricks so it was cheap material for them to use.
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Robert Frost's home73 viewsTwo roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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Covered bridge70 views
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Typical Swiss Chalet Henry Ford had built here.70 views
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Southern Plantation70 viewsBoth sides of this house have long wide porches. It is from a 700 acre agricultural plantation operated with 75 slaves. The slaves lived in wooden shacks with dirt floors.
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