Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum: Celebrating Southern Textile Heritage

What to knowA barn in Piggott, Arkansas, seems an unlikely place for Ernest Hemingway to write portions of his acclaimed war novel, A Farewell to Arms. But that’s exactly what he did, along with writing several short stories in the barn that his in-laws, Paul and Mary Pfeiffer, converted into a studio to give him privacy. You can tour the barn, as well as the Pfeiffer family home and exhibits related to Hemingway’s time in Piggott while married to Pauline Pfeiffer, from 1927 to 1940. The house a

Northwest Georgia Trenton The American Legion Military Museum in Trenton, Ga., features artifacts dating from the Revolutionary War through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with special emphasis on personal displays of local residents during World War II, Korea and Vietnam. The museum is open Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. and other times by special appointment