by Matthew Maggy | Nov 18, 2014 | Historical Hobbies
One man’s trash from 100 years ago, is another man’s treasure today. Today’s topic is antique bottle collecting as a hobby. Richmond has a deep history. This history is preserved and bequeathed by official entities such as university historians, museums, historic...
by Matthew Maggy | Nov 4, 2014 | Locals
I often have to go to different places either for business purposes or just personal purposes and I tell people what I do. The most common thing that I hear (other than: “wait, so how do you make money?”) is “You know, I have never been here for X...
by Matthew Maggy | Oct 10, 2014 | Remarkable Richmonders
With some interesting logic, Reverend John Jasper of Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church managed to preach a sermon so compelling that it connected Whites and African-Americans across the United States in appreciation of a Bible-based logical argument to prove that the...
by Matthew Maggy | Sep 26, 2014 | Architectural Styles of Richmond, Historic Sites
The next article in the Richmond Tour Guys Free Walking Tour of Richmond series on architectural styles of Richmond is on the Italianate style. Last time we talked about the Greek Revival Style. Italianate is the architectural craze that dethroned it as the style du...
by Matthew Maggy | Sep 14, 2014 | Architectural Styles of Richmond
This is post number one about architectural styles of Richmond, a series which, you guessed it, covers the various architectural styles of Richmond! You ever notice all of those doric columns that exist all over Richmond? Perhaps public buildings that look a lot like...