Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is a sightseeing stop in Flat Rock, NC, part of the Western North Carolina guide. Cost: free.

81 Carl Sandburg Ln · Flat Rock, NC

Why you should go…

Connemara is the farm where the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Sandburg lived from 1945 until his death, publishing more than a third of his works here. Guided tours are the only way to see inside the house, and the dairy barn holds a goat herd of the three breeds his wife Lilian raised. About 5 miles of trails on moderate to steep terrain wind past pastures, mountainside woods, two small lakes, gardens and an apple orchard.

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