Waverly, Tennessee got its name from an unlikely source: founder Steven Pavatt, an admirer of author Sir Walter Scott, named the settlement after Scott’s…
Hendersonville, Tennessee is forever tied to Johnny Cash, who fell in love with a half-built lake house on Old Hickory Lake in the 1960s…
Watts Bar Lake was formed in 1942 when the Tennessee Valley Authority completed Watts Bar Dam, flooding the valley to control flooding, generate hydroelectric…
The Halls community on Knoxville’s north side takes its name from Thomas Hall, a Revolutionary War veteran who built a blacksmith shop and inn…
Gloucester County, Virginia holds one of the most significant sites in early American history: Werowocomoco, the headquarters of Chief Powhatan and the political capital…
Ashland County, Ohio holds a genuinely remarkable piece of living history: tucked off County Road 658, not far from the Vermillion River, stands the…
Grafton, West Virginia holds a distinction few towns can claim: it’s the birthplace of Mother’s Day. Anna Jarvis organized the first formal Mother’s Day…
Rockwood, Pennsylvania has worn several names over its history — first Schaff’s Bridge, then Mineral Point for the minerals found nearby, before finally becoming…
Burnsville, North Carolina serves as the seat of Yancey County, home to Mount Mitchell — at 6,684 feet, the highest peak east of the…
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania sits at the confluence of Sinking Creek and Penns Creek in Potter Township, one of Centre County’s earliest townships, settled in…