PEARL S. BUCK, Hillsboro, W.Va.
The daughter of Presbyterian missionaries, Buck grew up in China, which deeply influenced her novels The Good Earth and Dragon Seed. She was the first American woman to win both a Pulitzer and a Nobel Prize. Among the items at the house where she was born (now the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace) is her grandfather's 1857 pump organ, which visitors are welcome to play. About 10 miles south of Marlinton on Rte. 219, 304/653-4430, pearlsbuckbirthplace.com, $6.