The Wright Brother's Mancave

Not much needs to be said about the Wright Brothers bicycle shop cum mancave, aside from the fact that it should rightfully be called the most productive mancave ever.

Thomas Jefferson's Mancave

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and built, pretty much on his own, Monticello, his Virginia estate. He situated his desk on the left side of his bed, and the rest of his house to the right. He could roll out of bed either way, choosing between work and pleasure--what a mancave is all about, really.

For Mancave and NPR enthusiasts: Studio 360 on Monticello.

Winston Churchill's Mancave

It seems only fitting that the man with the silver tongue, who once said, "I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly," would have an art studio as his manly chilling zone. Yes, Winston Churchill, one of the greatest wartime statesmen ever, would wile away time in solitude painting. While MCG does not currently stock paints nor easels, maybe we should.

Ernest Hemingway's Mancave

Stark, manly, simple; this is Hemingway's writing studio in Key West, Florida. Here he penned For Whom The Bell Tolls.

Blogger's note: Deference to Hemingway requires this post to, as he'd put it, "Get the most from the least, how to prune language how to multiply intensities, and how to tell nothing but the truth in a way that allowed for telling more than the truth." Think about it; its the iceberg theory.

Henry David Thoreau's Mancave

Built near Walden pond, Henry David Thoreau's Mancave, more a seclusion cabin, is where the naturalist and thinker wrote his most famous work, Walden. Situated on land borrowed from Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau spent his time in his mancave exploring simple living. In all, Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days in his 10x15 foot shack, which he built himself.

Mark Twain's Mancave

Truly a quintessentially all-American mancave, Samuel Langhorne Clemens', aka Mark Twain's cave is a marvel of solitude and focus. This mancave, which could also be accurately called a writing hut, is where Twain penned "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Its tough to know exactly how ManCaveGoodies could have spiced up Twain's cave, but something tells me a wall aquarium would be right up the novelist/travel writer's alley.