Things to see and do in the American South?

[The Borgified Corpse]

My father wants me to go on a road trip with him to visit various Civil War battle sites in the South. Carlsbad Caverns, Graceland, Nashville, & New Orleans are also on the itinerary. I'm wondering what other sites in the South along the way or in these areas you would recommend?

A couple bits I was thinking of:

Visiting the motel room in Memphis where Martin Luther King Jr. spent his last night.

Okracoke Inlet, where Blackbeard made his final stand.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

- The southern end of the Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain, Georgia
- Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center in Florida
- The US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
- The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas
- Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve and swimming hole west of Austin, Texas

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Williamsburg, VA (the restored colonial city, not the theme parks)

 

[stj]

Sex with the natives is your fallback option for a good time.

 

[JiNX-01]

My father wants me to go on a road trip with him to visit various Civil War battle sites in the South. Carlsbad Caverns, Graceland, Nashville, & New Orleans are also on the itinerary. I'm wondering what other sites in the South along the way or in these areas you would recommend?

A couple bits I was thinking of:

Visiting the motel room in Memphis where Martin Luther King Jr. spent his last night.

Okracoke Inlet, where Blackbeard made his final stand.

Charleston, S.C., just over the border from Savannah, Ga.

Gettysburg is in south-central Pennsylvania if you're willing.
There was a battle at Manassas in Virginia.

 

[MHT1138]

Cape Hatteras and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
St. Augustine, Florida
Savannah, Georgia, one of the few cities to escape Sherman's wrath.
Jamestown and Yorktown, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Mt. Vernon, Virginia
Lincoln's and Jefferson Davis' birthplaces in Kentucky
Walt Disney World!

 

[Darth Duck]

The Georgia Guidestones (no, not really)
Rock City near Chattanooga
The Bourbon Cowboy in New Orleans has a mechanical bull, that's kinda fun

 

[MHT1138]

There was a battle at Manassas in Virginia.

two, actually

 

[Gov Kodos]

There was a battle at Manassas in Virginia.

two, actually

Visit the homesteads of Wilmer McLean, the Civil War kind of started in his yard and ended in his front parlor. http://ehistory.osu.edu/world/articles/articleview.cfm?aid=37

 

[Misfit Toy]

Charleston and Fort Sumter

 

[Gov Kodos]

Visit 'South of the Border' in SC, assuming it's still there. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2211

 

[M'Sharak]

See the H.L. Hunley (Civil War submarine) in Charleston, SC.

http://hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=TOURS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunley_(submarine)

 

[Finn]

Gettysburg is in south-central Pennsylvania if you're willing.
There was a battle at Manassas in Virginia.

*Zombie Meade bursts out of his grave in Philadelphia*

The OP meant Southern US, not Southern Pennsylvania

 

[Gov Kodos]

Gettysburg is in south-central Pennsylvania if you're willing.
There was a battle at Manassas in Virginia.

*Zombie Meade bursts out of his grave in Philadelphia*

The OP meant Southern US, not Southern Pennsylvania

South of Long Island Sound, there be dragons. Anyway, Savannah would be a city I'd like to see. Especially in a good season for the foliage. I'd particularly like to visit the Wormsloe Plantation. http://www.pulsarecard.com/r_nature...867_springtime_in_savannah_georgia_42628.html

 

[Darth Duck]

Appomattox Court House is nice place to visit. Stand in a place where history was made.

 

[Trekker4747]

Things to do in the American South?

Go north?

 

[Finn]

Things to do in the American South?

Go north?

What might one do in Kansas?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Eat barbecue.

 

[Finn]

^And the South doesn't have that?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ I'm sure it does, but I've never been down south (although I will be this July - you can probably guess the reason).

Then again, the first time I ate grits was in KC, so what do I know.