The Battle of Yorktown
Having just visited the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter, we now found ourselves visiting the end of the Revolutionary War at Yorktown, Virginia. Hopping around in history like that can be hard …
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Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens
Doug had previously visited Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens, so I was flying solo on this visit. Honestly, I don’t feel like he missed much on this one. The plantation was founded in 1681 in …
Scenes from Beaufort, South Carolina
Beaufort, South Carolina, has a lovely historic downtown district that sits along the Beaufort River and features many stately mansions. We had read that many of the porches have ceilings painted “haint blue,” so we …
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A Few Days in Savannah, Georgia
The Wormsloe Historic Site sits on the outer edges of Savannah. It was once the Wormsloe Plantation, the estate of one of Georgia’s founders, Noble Jones (c. 1700-1775). Though the site indicates there are the ruins …
The Historic Bonaventure Cemetery
Bonaventure Cemetery is a 160-acre rural cemetery just outside of Savannah in Thunderbolt, Georgia. It is located on the site of the former Bonaventure Plantation. The first plantation home burned to the ground in the …
Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home
Doug loves visiting authors’ homes, and so it was we found ourselves on the steps of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home in Savannah, Georgia. Mary Flannery O’Connor lived at this 1856 home from her birth …
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Telfair Academy
The Telfair Academy in Savannah, Georgia is an art museum situated inside of an English Regency mansion. The home was designed by William Jay of Bath, England, and completed in 1819. The Telfair Academy also …
Select Scenes in and around Orlando, Florida
Doug will probably disagree, but I found the Florida Citrus Tower in Clermont to be completely underwhelming. It was $11 per person to ride up to the top and look out where Citrus trees used …
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park
The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park is located in Cross Creek, Florida, and it’s where you can tour the cracker-style home where the Pulitzer Prize-winning author lived for 25 years. The homestead is currently …
Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site
I finally found a Confederate site that Doug wouldn’t object to visiting: the site that marks where Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured on May 10, 1865, at the end of the Civil War. Located …