Alabama: Gaineswood

It's almost impossible to believe that the crown jewel of Demopolis began as a modest dogtrot cabin; in the years between 1843 and 1861, owner and amateur architect General Nathan Bryan Whitfield expanded and refined the building into what it is today — one of Alabama's most spectacular Greek Revival homes.

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Honorable Mention: The [link href="http://www.hankmuseum.com/Home/" target="_blank" link_updater_label="external"]Hank Williams Boyhood Home in Georgiana, where you can relax on the very porch where the country great honed his skills.

