I actually once made a self-designed pilgrimage to Luchenbach, Texas because it was featured in a country song I enjoyed. But I found nothing of special interest there.

Guthrie, Kentucky, is the birthplace of Robert Penn Warren, once poet laureate of the nation, and (I believe) the only writer to win a Pulitzer prize for both fiction and poetry.

The birthplace of Mark Twain is a pilgrimage of sorts.

Jamestown is certainly a site of interest. One place that really does act as a pilgrimage for some is Valley Forge, the site of Washington's camp.

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