Welcome to Albaniac!

In 1926 Rose Wilder Lane—journalist, writer, and daughter of the not-yet-iconic Laura Ingalls Wilder—moved to Albania. 100 years later, I'm retracing her journey.

What is Albaniac?

In August 1926, Rose Wilder Lane—journalist, writer, and daughter of the not-yet-iconic children's author Laura Ingalls Wilder—moved to Albania with traveling companion Helen Boylston.

Rose set to renovating an Ottoman-era house and tending to an elaborate garden. She loved the country so much that when she came down with malaria, she w…