Whitesburg, Georgia sits along the Chattahoochee River in Carroll County, on land that was once home to Creek leader William McIntosh before the area’s…
Birchwood, Tennessee sits where the Hiwassee River meets the Tennessee River, a rural crossroads carrying some of the region’s most significant history. Nearby Blythe…
Capon Bridge, West Virginia takes its name from the Cacapon River, itself derived from a Shawnee phrase, “Cape-cape-de-hon,” meaning “river of medicine water.” A…
La Fayette, Georgia takes its name from the Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer who fought alongside George Washington in the Revolutionary War. But…
Minnie, Kentucky is a small, unincorporated community in Floyd County named, according to local record, because a large share of its first settlers were…
Central, South Carolina earned its name in the most literal way possible. When the Atlantic & Richmond Air-Line Railroad completed its connecting track between…
Hendersonville, North Carolina has drawn writers and mountain-lovers for generations — Carl Sandburg spent the last 22 years of his life at Connemara, his…
Celina, Tennessee takes its name from Celina Fisk, daughter of pioneer Moses Fisk, who founded the South’s first female academy here in 1806. The…
Murphy, North Carolina sits at the confluence of the Hiwassee and Valley Rivers, a spot the Cherokee once called Tlanusi-yi — “the Leech Place”…
Ellijay, Georgia has built its reputation as the “Apple Capital of Georgia,” with orchards climbing the hills of Gilmer County and a landscape often…