We hoos love a good story. We particularly enjoy legends about our favorite University.

One of these myths goes something like this:

On one cold day in the early 1920s, Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, was denied admission to the University of Virginia. He then moved to a house on a mountain overlooking the Grounds and wrote a story. A story that pretty much every child knows: "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Legend has it that the Whos of Whoville represent the Hoos at the University, and the Grinch was Theodor himself.

I love this story, my roommates love this story, pretty much everyone loves it. And it breaks my heart to debunk this myth.

Dr. Seuss actually went to Dartmouth, so I'm pretty sure his heart wasn't broken by our dear old UVA. 

Secondly, that house on the hill is actually called Lewis Mountain House. And it has some historical value.

Built in 1909, the Lewis Mountain House, originally called Kearny House, was owned by Brigadier General John Watts Kearny. After Kearny's death, the house changed ownership two more times: first to a Catholic monastic order called The Society of Precious Blood, and then the Campbell family.

Campbell loved UVA baseball, so he installed a telescope so he could see the baseball field. Questionable? He just didn't want to make the trek down to the field.

The house remains in the Campbell family, but they really detest people wandering up to their house to see the legendary home of Dr. Seuss.

Plus people sometimes mistake the house for Monticello. Heads up: Monticello is in the opposite direction.

If you are one of those people, you should be ashamed of yourself.