Carrie

Now that's a gorgeous photo - and Katie looks stunning.

Mike how old does the house have to be before it qualifies as historical? 100 yrs?
It might do you some good to go digging into the public records as far back as you can and see what the land used to be; could be there is some historical value there that would save you on taxes and make the property worth more at the same time.

My ex parents-in-law purchased an old house with a ton of acreage like that back in MD; it was actually the landing spot of the first settlers there. They gutted it and redid it, like you did - the only things original were the walls, stairs, and two chimneys. They bought it for $92k and ex mom-in-law did the digging on the history of the place, found out that it was the first settlement in MD etc - make a long story short, it just sold for $1.5M.
I loved being outside there. I had a baby fox whose mom was killed and I raised the baby until it was old enough to be on its own, we had two coon kits that we raised the same way. Chickens, more cats than you could count, an old arabian horse... it was just fantastic.
I really miss it from time to time.