Historic Preservation
When I was a child, I loved visiting Disneyland, and especially the ride The Haunted Mansion. Though the ghosts and ghouls were morbidly fascinating, I was more interested in the old antebellum home they inhabited. I loved the towering roman columns, ample porches, sweeping staircases, and cavernous basement. Animated by the curiosity of youth, I found myself speculating about the backstory of the specters that inhabited the house and wondered why they remained there? Were they forbidden from leaving? Were they upset that we…