Today it’s just a short drive from Travellers Rest to The Hermitage, the opulent plantation home and final resting place of President Jackson and First Lady Rachel.
You can visit the Hemingway House in Key West to learn more about the beloved writer or learn about the history of the state at the Museum of Florida history.
Firms can easily draw on their heritage to instil a sense of culture among workers: Lego's corporate museum in Billund is located in the old family home of the company's founder.
" It's tremendous work to keep these places looking nice, " says Toby Aldridge, the resident guide at the childhood house museum of another great southern writer, Flannery O'Connor.