Virginia‘s countryside is dotted with traditional farmhouses and manors, but one in the foothills of the Southwest Mountains has been given a contemporary twist by a New York architect.
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Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
Designed for a Vanderbilt who never moved in, its monumental rooms were plucked from European manors and have somehow remained more or less unchanged for nearly a century.
With the Louisiana Purchase, a huge domestic slave trade got under way, supplying labor to cotton and sugar plantations.
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Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
Advertisement The two graveyards rest on land that was once part of one of over 50 plantations owned by the white Hairston family across several states.
Inside, patrons will find espresso and coffee drinks made from Colombian beans, purchased directly from small-scale farms.
—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
The country is facing a massive food shortage because the government is spraying a corporate sports drink instead of water to irrigate the nation’s farms.
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