5. Jenkins Plantation Museum

LESAGE.   This beautiful plantation, northeast of Huntington, was home to Albert Gallatin Jenkins, a brigadier general whose Confederate soldiers were responsible for several successful raids on Union territories. Completed in 1835, the stately brick home once presided over the Jenkins Family's 4000-acre Green Bottom plantation, which overlooked the Ohio River and taunted slaves daily with glimpses of the freedom possible in neighboring Ohio. Today, the home is maintained by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History and has been restored and refurnished to suit the period.   (© 10Best)

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