In 1851, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (the future Wilhelm I, King of Prussia and German Emperor) and his wife Augusta were invited to London by Queen Victoria to visit the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, which her husband Prince Albert was instrumental in organizing. Wilhelm...
Purchased by her father in 1857, Orchard House was the childhood home of celebrated author Louisa May Alcott and her precocious sisters—the inspiration for her most famous work, "Little Women." It's currently a museum celebrating all things Alcott. The location of the 17th-century farmhouse w...