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1. Get Rich by Saving Old Buildings (Or, why is Historic Preservation so smart).... The greenest building in the world is the one that is never built. Chew on that for a moment. So why are we tearing down everything in sight? "One might be tempted to compare the recent green wave with the rise of modernism more than a half-century...
2. Tatton Park - a great garden The gardens at Tatton Park are rated as being among the most impressive in England. Tatton Park has also been the the home of the RHS Flower Show since 1999. The 50 acre gardens are laid out in a traditional Edwardian fashion around the mansion home...
3. Stonehenge Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic monument in county Wiltshire in England. The large stone circle is predated by a surrounding ditch and bank earthworks. The site is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage, a public body which mainta...
4. Be Good to Your Muse Ever feel really flat and like you haven't got the urge to create anymore? Me too. Sometimes I feel like I can't do anything right. I'm upsetting everyone around me by saying the wrong things, everyone is upsetting me, I've lost my way, I don't know...
5. A British Letterbox This is the original Letterbox Photograph.  This was taken at Hidcote, Gloucestershire, England in June 2007.  A bright red letterbox in a very old stone wall.  And yes, the box does still take mail and it is collected once a day. ...
6. Beatrix Potter and the Lake District Beatrix Potter came to love the Lake District from holidays there as a child. When she accumulated sufficient assets from her writing to make herself independent she bought Hill Top Farm, Sawrey, in the hills between Coniston Water and Windermere, tw...
7. Great Gardens of the World If you are travelling - for real or in virtual time - start here if you want to visit a really great garden.  This resource contains hand-made lenses which focus on providing information about some of the best gardens in the world and lists of l...
8. City of Natchitoches  The City of Natchitoches and the Cane River National Heritage Area recently received the highest national award for historic preservation from First Lady Laura Bush. Natchitoches and the Cane River National Heritage Area jointly applied for one...
9. Castles in Britain The British landscape is littered with historic castles. For over two thousand years, from the Iron Age to the Second World War, strategic points have been strengthened with man-made defences. Some, like Windsor Castle, are still used today. Others...