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…
Trinity, Alabama takes its name from a genuinely literal idea. First settled around 1807 and known for a time as “Fennel’s Turnout” after an…
Evansville, Indiana started life in 1812 as “McGary’s Landing,” a 441-acre purchase by founder Hugh McGary Jr. along a broad meander of the Ohio…
Franklin, Kentucky has landed in the history books twice in genuinely unexpected ways. On January 7, 1948, Captain Thomas Mantell of the Kentucky Air…
Gassaway, West Virginia owes its existence entirely to one man’s railroad ambitions. Senator Henry Gassaway Davis purchased and expanded the Coal & Coke Railway…
Oakwood, Virginia sits atop one of the most productive coal seams in the country — the Buchanan Mine here still produces over 5 million…