Deena Bouknight
Author
A 30-plus-year writer-journalist, Deena C. Bouknight works from her Western North Carolina mountain cottage and has contributed articles on food culture, travel, people, and more to local, regional, national, and international publications. She has written three novels, including the only historical fiction about the East Coast’s worst earthquake. Her website is DeenaBouknightWriting.com
LATEST
Rock Solid Patriotism: This Artist Doesn’t Take America for Granite
In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we take a look at one man’s American spirit expressed artistically in towns all over the United States.
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Chicago Cultural Center: Dramatic Domes Dominate
In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a neoclassical structure in the Windy City with extravagant art-glass domes.
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Hungarian State Opera House: Artistic Expression in Stone and Marble
In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a formidable diva among architectural masterpieces in Budapest.
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McFaddin-Ward House: Gulf Coast Grand
In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a palatial, oil-boom-era mansion in Beaumont, Texas.
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Carnton: Beauty From Ashes
In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we visit an antebellum Tennessee home significant for how it accommodated Civil War casualties.
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Queen Mary: A Streamline Moderne Ocean Liner
In this installment of ‘Voyage en Vogue: Aboard Historic Travel,' we board a notable British-built ship given a renewed purpose in a California harbor.
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Sherwood Forest: The Tyler Family’s Generational Residence
In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we peruse America’s oldest continuously family-owned and occupied presidential home.
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Bryce Canyon Lodge: History Set in Stunning Scenery
In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we examine a rustic century-old structure built to accommodate visitors drawn to an extraordinary canyon.
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Oak Alley Plantation: A Stately Mansion Among Treasured Trees
In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we tour a palatial Greek Revival-style mansion in Southern Louisiana.
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Brooklyn Bridge: A Pause at the Top
In this installment of History Off the Beaten Path, we visit, for its rich history, one of the United States’ most noteworthy engineering achievements.
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Rock Solid Patriotism: This Artist Doesn’t Take America for Granite
In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we take a look at one man’s American spirit expressed artistically in towns all over the United States.
|
Chicago Cultural Center: Dramatic Domes Dominate
In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a neoclassical structure in the Windy City with extravagant art-glass domes.
|
Hungarian State Opera House: Artistic Expression in Stone and Marble
In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a formidable diva among architectural masterpieces in Budapest.
|
McFaddin-Ward House: Gulf Coast Grand
In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a palatial, oil-boom-era mansion in Beaumont, Texas.
|
Carnton: Beauty From Ashes
In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we visit an antebellum Tennessee home significant for how it accommodated Civil War casualties.
|
Queen Mary: A Streamline Moderne Ocean Liner
In this installment of ‘Voyage en Vogue: Aboard Historic Travel,' we board a notable British-built ship given a renewed purpose in a California harbor.
|
Sherwood Forest: The Tyler Family’s Generational Residence
In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we peruse America’s oldest continuously family-owned and occupied presidential home.
|
Bryce Canyon Lodge: History Set in Stunning Scenery
In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we examine a rustic century-old structure built to accommodate visitors drawn to an extraordinary canyon.
|
Oak Alley Plantation: A Stately Mansion Among Treasured Trees
In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we tour a palatial Greek Revival-style mansion in Southern Louisiana.
|
Brooklyn Bridge: A Pause at the Top
In this installment of History Off the Beaten Path, we visit, for its rich history, one of the United States’ most noteworthy engineering achievements.
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