SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) – Walnut Grove Plantation in Spartanburg County is once again welcoming visitors for inside tours after 18 months of restoration. Historians said the project breathed new life ...

A 170-year-old hotel in downtown Selma, Alabama, was set for demolition before preservationists realized the value of its ...

From left, Tom Curran, Len Tantillo and Dean Leander Harding pose during a painting unveiling at the Fort Orange Club with Tantillo’s “Late for Practice” to raise funds for the Guild House restoration ...

Chad Livsey stands in front of the Maguire-Livsey Big House near Centerville and sees more than weathered wood and aging walls. He sees four generations of family history. “I see my childhood past in ...

Ventfort Hall, an 1893 mansion built for J.P. Morgan’s sister, was in disrepair. The living and the dead teamed up to save it. Ventfort Hall was the pinnacle of grandeur when it was built, but fell ...

Historic buildings often collect urban legends over the course of their long histories. For some thrill-seekers, haunted mansions are among the most popular tourist attractions. The haunted homes ...

“Gentilly: A New Orleans Plantation in the French Atlantic World, 1818-1851” by Nathalie Dessens and Virginia Meacham Gould, Louisiana State University Press, 288 pages. I had long assumed that New ...

ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (WVUE) - A gravel road near the Cajun community of St. Martinville is shaded by massive oaks and pines planted two centuries ago. It’s a place where legend says a wedding in the ...

Many residents and visitors alike believe Louisiana to be a place where hauntings are common, as New Orleans is often considered the most haunted city in the U.S. Perhaps the deep history, tragic ...