Belle Meade Plantation, Nashville

The Belle Meade Plantation is well preserved and the guides are dressed in period clothing. Its history deals with raising champion horses, the quality of slave live there, and the trouble with Union soldiers during the war. You can still see the bullet holes in the front porch columns. The interior of the mansion is beautiful, with large mirrors, intricate carpets, fine china, silver and even a little girls room complete with her dollies and tea set. My daughters and I found it charming. They also have a fine assortment of old carriages in the stables out back. Be sure to visit the slave quarters and see what their lives were like too. It's definitely worth the price.