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Virginia

It was in Charlottesville that Thomas Jefferson built his famous mountaintop home, Monticello; selected the site for and helped plan James Monroe’s Ash Lawn–Highland house near Monticello; designed his “academical village,” the University of Virginia; and died at home. “All … Continue reading

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HILTON HEAD

The largest sea island between New Jersey and Florida, Hilton Head, South Carolina, offers broad, sandy beaches warmed by the Gulf Stream and fringed with palm trees and  rolling dunes. The subtropical climate makes all this beauty the ideal setting … Continue reading

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