Elverhhoj Museum of History & Art, the Heart of Solvang
This lovely museum is housed in the former home of Vigo Brandt-Erichsen, a Solvang sculptor and artist. Vigo Brandt-Erichsen was an internationally recognized painter…
Category: Historical Travel
Museums, historical sites, historic figures
Solvang Gardens Lodge, an Oasis in this Danish Community
I saw a post of Facebook the night I stayed at the Solvang Gardens Lodge from a fellow travel writer. They wrote that…
Solvang is All About Hans Christian Andersen
A visit to Solvang is a visit to a Danish community. Settled in the early 1900’s, Solvang is the result of the Danish-American’s that relocated…
Pea Soup Andersen a California Roadside tradition
yePea Soup Andersen, the name has a certain ring to it. It could almost be a children’s rhyme, “Pea Soup for you, Pea…
Grand Detour celebrated anniversary with new sculpture
Okay, so it happened in 2014 and I am just now finding out about it. When taking a side trip from this year’s…