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I took the Tell-Tale Heart Richmond tour today that we talked about earlier this week. It was a livestream event created via a partnership between the Poe Museum and Heygo.com. I'd never used Heygo and have to say I may be hooked if their other tours are as entertaining. I signed up for this particular event because it was about places around Richmond to visit that were there in Poe's day. Dean Knight, Programs Coordinator at the museum and a theatre actor, did an excellent job. He's also a tour guide in the city so fun to listen to since he entertains you with facts and recites poetry. Can't go wrong with that combination!

You still have time to take the Tell-Tale Heart tour on Thursday, April 22nd, at 3 PM EST. Highly recommend it!

Travel logo for Heygo virtual tours.

Heygo connects people from around the world through tours where they can log into their account, share the event with friends and family, chat with the guides, and use an awesome tool called “Postcards”. I hadn't been on a virtual tour before where you can use this tool to take a picture of whatever you want showing on the screen. Beats screenshotting an image and having it come out blurry or with those annoying computer lines in them. You can save your postcards to your Heygo.com account and download them to your files. Easy. Tours are FREE, yes FREE! The company wants to make world travel accessible to everyone. They are “tip supported” which means it's great if you can donate to help the guides but not mandatory. It's pretty cool to find a way to help everyone travel! Learn more on their FAQS page.

Here's the “postcard” images of my tour today. I haven't edited them in Photoshop or other filters because I wanted to show you what they look like in their original format using the company's software.

Historic St John's church in Richmond, VA, where Patrick Henry gave his fiery speech.
Historic St. John's Church where Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson met. Patrick Henry gave his famous speech here and Poe's mother is buried in the graveyard.
Statue featured outside a school where a mansion once stood that served as a union spy network.
Bellevue Elementary School sits on the former site of Van Lew House Mansion. Elizabeth Van Lew ran a secret Pro-Union spy network during the Civil War.
Home of Elmira Royster who was Edgar Allan Poe's first and last love.
Home of Elmira Royster who was Poe's first and last fiancee.
Richmond home where chalk marks indicate each day of the 2020 pandemic.
Residents have marked each day of the current pandemic in chalk on their historic district home.
Virginia's first Jewish cemetery gates.
First Jewish cemetery in Virginia. All but 4 graves remain as the others were relocated.
Lions head molded from iron decorates cemetery gates.
Stones placed on iron gates surrounding a Jewish cemetery.
Stones are often placed on graves as a symbol of respect, remembrance, and to let others know someone has passed by here.
High hill view of downtown Richmond, VA.
Overhill view of downtown Richmond
Unusual plaque adorning side of an historic building.
Unique plaque in the Shockoe Bottom district. I stay at the Berkeley Hotel in this historic area whenever I visit the museum.
Oldest Masonic Hall from 1785 pictured in Richmond, VA.
Built in 1785, this is the oldest continuously operating Masonic Hall. It was untouched during the Civil War. Poe's mother may have performed in a production in the basement but no hard evidence to support this story.

I will be taking more of these tours since it was easy and nothing like getting an up close view of places you've wondered about and may never actually see. Check out the Heygo site for upcoming events and choose where you'd like to go!

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