If there’s one thing that I think prompted my love of history, it was going to see historic homes with my parents when I was a kid. There’s something about walking the same floorboards as people who lived hundreds of years ago that helps bring the past back to life and make it relatable. I’ve been to countless historical homes in my life and, I have to admit, my favorite ones are not the enormous grand palaces, but the more modest structures. Today I’m taking you with me to New Jersey, to a ...