The Old Mayfair Hotel
The Old Mayfair Hotel: an excerpt from Haunts & Hollows: Florida Coast. For some buildings, the tall tales that haunt their halls are just one part of the story. Such is the case of Sanford’s grand Mayfair Hotel. Originally known as the Hotel Forrest Lake, this massive, three-story Mediterranean Revival complex was designed by local architect […]
Old City Cemetery
Old City Cemetery: an excerpt from the upcoming Haunts & Hollows: Florida Coast. Established as Jacksonville’s first community burial ground, Old City Cemetery gave final rest to thousands of early residents, including businessmen, socialites, soldiers, and at least one former Florida governor. The original property was donated to the city by Captain & Mrs. Charles Willey […]
Wheeler Cemetery
The rain had just stopped as we pulled up to Wheeler Cemetery outside of the tiny town of Kite, Georgia. The grounds contain fewer than 300 known graves, and the carving on the markers is exemplary. We did some digging on the ride back to North Carolina, and we found a few unusual stories attached […]
The Lost Town of Burton
The Lost Town of Burton: an excerpt from Haunts & Hollows: Georgia Backroads. Originally known as Powellsville, the little town of Burton boomed at the confluence of Dicks Creek and the Tallulah River. During the mid-1800s, the Georgia Gold Rush brought treasure hunters from around the country, and many chose to settle here as mining […]
Chichota Cottage
Chichota Cottage: an excerpt from Haunts & Hollows: Georgia Backroads. A few hundred feet north of the main lodge on Jekyll Island, a pair of stone lions stand guard over an empty plot off Riverview Drive. The home that once stood here, Chichota Cottage, was a lavish retreat for the wealthy Gould family. In 1917, […]
