Welcome to tales of my travels! From James Oglethorpe’s utopian (and wildly short-lived) vision of a sober, lawyer-free, anti-slavery colony, to a booming slavery-dependent economy, this episode traces how idealism, alliance, exploitation, and resilience shaped the charming city of Savannah, Georgia (the US State, not the country!). Along the way, we wander through cotton-fueled wealth built on enslavement, Civil War occupation and near-destruction, haunted cemeteries, architectural rebirth, and modern preservation efforts that saved Savannah from decay. It’s part walking tour, part historical reckoning, and part personal reflection on privilege, memory, and why understanding the full, messy story of a place—especially the parts we were never taught in school—makes travel, and history itself, far more meaningful and enjoyable.

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Sources used for this episode include my amazing and knowledgeable tour guide, Wikipedia, visitsavannah.com, georgiaencyclopedia.org, and georgiahistory.com