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Historic Myrtle Hill Cemetery is one of the most beautiful Sweetums and I have visited. Established in 1857, Myrtle Hill is located at the confluence of the Etowah, Oostanaula and Coosa rivers. Its location high atop a hill overlooking Rome, Ga., is the perfect setting for the gorgeous funerary art. Six terraces were dug into… Continue reading Myrtle Hill Cemetery: Gorgeous monuments overlooking Rome, GA

Tupelo, Mississippi, is best known as the birthplace of Elvis Presley. But Tupelo has another claim to fame: It was the first city to gain an electrical power grid in the 1930s under Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs that included creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. And here’s one more little-known fact: Tupelo was… Continue reading Reasons other than Elvis to visit downtown Tupelo, MS

I was searching for some public domain photos recently -- photos that aren't copyrighted or owned by anyone -- and I found a few that were hilarious. Inspired by my humorous friend Guy McClure, I wrote captions for them. Can you think of funnier or more creative captions? Give it a try. 1. Members of… Continue reading These vintage photos are hilarious. Can you caption them?

In 1981, when I was a sophomore at Grissom High School in Huntsville, Ala., I went with friends to “Halloween II.” It’s difficult for kids now, who are accustomed to lots of gore and torture, to understand how ground-breaking and terrifying the Halloween movies were at the time. At the end of “Halloween II,” when… Continue reading 8 popular (and innocent) songs ruined by horror films