Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum

Built in 1851 by wealthy shipwreck salvager Asa Tift, this Spanish Colonial house at 907 Whitehead Street fell into disrepair and foreclosure over the following decades. In 1931, Pauline Hemingway's wealthy uncle, Gus Pfeiffer, bought it for the couple as a gift, paying roughly $8,000 to cover the back taxes and clear the deed; Ernest and Pauline restored it and lived there until 1939. It's now a National Historic Landmark and museum, home to dozens of descendants of Hemingway's famous six-toed cats. Staff and visitors report faint typing sounds coming from his empty study, the smell of cigar smoke in rooms where smoking is banned, a figure resembling Hemingway seen on the balcony or at his desk, and Pauline's spirit reported at the top of the staircase.