• Introduction
• 1. Bahamas
• 2. Catoctin Mountain Park
• 3. Glenwood Springs
• 4. Hyannis Port
• 5. Jamaica
• 6. Kennebunkport
• 7. Key West
• 8. Martha's Vineyard
• 9. Santa Barbara
• 10. Warm Springs

Warm Springs

As depicted by Kenneth Branagh in the 2005 HBO biopic Warm Springs, Franklin D. Roosevelt first retreated to this eponymous rural Georgia town in 1924. Eight years later, just before his presidential inauguration, FDR built the Little White House (www.fdr-littlewhitehouse.org), a modest six-room cottage that's been kept intact (museum addition notwithstanding) since his death there in 1945. Southern charm and hospitality still beckon weary travelers to Warm Springs (located 1.5 hours south of Atlanta) where life moves to the rhythm of the languid rocking chairs that front so many of its antique stores, specialty shops, and rustic B&Bs. The hot springs where FDR sought a cure for his polio are not available for public use, but FDR State Park – with nearly 40 miles of verdant hiking trails – is just minutes from town.

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