Reynolda House, an almost decadently opulent home, ground, village and museum that are the fruits of the profits of R.J. Reynolds, the tobacco king, and his astute and elegant wife, who had the place built. The art in the main house alone is stunning -- masterpieces from around the world in every room. You can spend a whole day at this place.
The front of the house. November or no, roses were still in bloom.
This Minnesotan (and former Alaskan) appreciated the foliage around the Reynolda House big-time. Let's put it this way -- you don't see this kinda of flora in Minnesota in November!
Beautiful gardens and a large greenhouse are part of the Reynolda House grounds.
Beautiful trees, tall pines, ivy and holly are everywhere in Winston-Salem. The town has that earthy, green Southern scent that seems downright exotic to me.
Perhaps the town's biggest tourist draw is Old Salem, an area in southeastern Winston-Salem, just south of downtown, built long ago by the Moravians who founded Salem. Here is the museum flanking the community's African-American church. When the white Moravians first arrived, they lived side-by-side with their black neighbors. Then they picked up the region's cultural ways, and drew apart.
A local historian offered a tour of the African-American church at Old Salem.
A printing press at Old Salem.
Golden ginkgo leaves (they all fall in one day, more or less) blanketed the grounds of Old Salem's Moravian Cemetery when I was there. I highly recommend visiting Winston-Salem (or anywhere, actually) in the "off-season" to avoid crowds, heat and cliches (November is pretty much the "off-season" everywhere).
A beautiful November maple tree in Old Salem.
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