Deep South Magazine Travel App
Whenever I travel, I search the surrounding areas for local must see landmarks, and as a person obsessed with writers and the past, I tend to gravitate toward literary landmarks. While on my book tour, I visited Walden pond and Author’s Ridge at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, MA, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s house in St. Paul, MN, the Poe Museum in Richmond, VA, and Edna St. Vincent Millay’s estate, Steepletop, in New York. There were plenty of other places I would have ventured if time had allowed.
I have been a long time fan of Deep South Magazine, and Erin Z. Bass of Deep South has created an app that identifies literary landmarks in the southern states. From Hemingway’s House in Key West to Zora Neale Hurston’s Dust Tracks Heritage Trail, these literary places can be found through a search index or a map with little pop up pictures. I think this is brilliant.
Here’s more about the app: http://deepsouthmag.com/2012/01/deepsouth-lit-app/ , and I am giving away one free coupon code for those who answer this question in the comments:
What is your favorite literary landmark?
Happy travels, and good luck!
Anne Greenwood Brown said,
October 25, 2012 at 8:47 am
Louisa May Alcott’s house (Orchard House) in Concord, MA….or possibly Emily Dickinson in Amherst, MA.
Jennifer McFarland said,
October 25, 2012 at 8:51 am
I love Concord, MA. Visiting Walden Pond. The Orchard, Louisa May Alcott’s home, Emerson’s home, The Old Manse. I love walking where they all walked.
Mary Incontro said,
October 25, 2012 at 8:52 am
I love the Bloomsbury section of London where I’ve seen Virginia Woolf’s home and toured the home of Charles Dickens. So fascinating to touch his desk and learn of the life he lived in that home, the mystery of his marriage and his love for his sister-in-law, and how he poured himself into his writing.
stephscottil said,
October 25, 2012 at 9:17 am
Very cool! I visited one of Jane Austen’s homes in Bath, England. It was known that she didn’t enjoy her time in Bath, and likewise, the staff at the home were quite rude! I bought a few things at the gift shop and then left, I didn’t even get to do the tour. It’s cool to be in England and see the countryside and some of the smaller towns that retain much of the historical feel. It’s funny how my friend–an American who married an Englishman and now lives there–says they live in what’s considered a new area; new to them is post-WWII development. Seriously! Everything there has so much history, it’s astounding.
Ian Roberts said,
October 25, 2012 at 9:29 am
What remains of Dickens’s waterside East End of London. It has history in the air, the crumbling warehouse walls, the derelict dockyards …
pibarrington said,
October 25, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Wow, there are so many I love and have visited: Plymouth, MA; ALL the California Missions (& standing under the sign of the Camino Real!); Bath, Westminster Abbey; Hyde Park; and Glamis Castle Scotland (MacBeth), Edinburgh, Scotland. Basically name a place in Britain that isn’t historical, LOL! Hey,what can I say? I’m Gypsy…
pibarrington said,
October 25, 2012 at 1:52 pm
Oh, how could I forget one of my favorite places: (that inspired my new historical WIP) Tombstone AZ!
heather webb said,
October 25, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Hmm…this is tough. I love The Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT and Emily Dickinsen’s home in MA, but the site of the old Globe theatre in London is pretty cool, despite the fact that the original obviously isn’t standing. After reading HEMINGWAY’S GIRL, I would just love to visit Hemingway’s house in Key West!
Renee Payne said,
October 25, 2012 at 8:13 pm
Cafe Flore. Actually Asteroid B612 but I don.t think that would Count
Erika Robuck said,
October 26, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Thank you all for your comments and suggestions!! And the winner is…pibarrington!!! Congratulations!! I hope you enjoy the app.