Places hhbarksdale Wants to Go

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The final home of the most famous horse of the American Civil War.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

A dilapidated Victorian mansion sits in the middle of a Virginia golf course.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

Bermuda triangle lighthouse, site of mysterious disappearances, left to crumble into the Atlantic.

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

Pay homage to a mysterious feline artifact outside of this Florida museum.

This distinctive lighthouse with an iron skeleton is one of the tallest on the East Coast.

Amelia Island’s oldest independent bookstore is a cozy oasis for literary exploration.

This grand, Italianate family home built in 1885 is now a charming bed and breakfast.

Off the Florida coast, a whimsical world of marine sculptures are revitalizing coral reefs.

Before this area was filled with luxury homes, it was a movie star's 160-acre ranch and a gangster's hideout.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.