History

The downtown landmark nearly became a parking lot, but historic preservationists and dedicated owners came together to create a lasting gathering place for locals and visiting presidents alike

How did the college football town spawn the B-52s, R.E.M., and Widespread Panic, to name just a few? The maestros and misfits who led Athens’s rise to one of the world’s most influential and improbable music towns tell all

Global exports of mullet roe have helped the town of Cortez stay afloat

Spunk, sass, and not a little espionage—South Carolina’s Dicey Langston makes for rich material

Stitched by Americans from all fifty states, the 2,500-block patchwork is a sweeping tribute to the nation’s birthday

The Beadel House, a symbol of pioneering fire ecology in the Red Hills, was consumed by the wild blaze

Classic films, clever owners, and a leg up from Andy Griffith have kept the lights on at Manteo’s Pioneer Theater for 108 years

Remembering the mighty influence of the late chef Joe Randall, a titan of Black culinary history

A brief, deep-fried history

A forthcoming reopening of Martin Luther King Jr.’s boyhood home and a recent expansion of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights let visitors step right into history

Huntsville steps back into the spotlight

The capital will be hopping with America’s 250th birthday celebrations and a slate of new and improved museums

Forty years of Dollywood, a Broadway show, and a hotel later, Parton is going strong at eighty

The historic North Carolina community welcomes a modern gathering space and a milestone

A farmer’s daughter gets awakened to one scientist’s genius and passion

Dig Me a Grave goes deep on the haunting Donald “Pee Wee” Gaskins

A new book and Country Music Hall of Fame exhibition tell how a small Alabama community helped put Aretha Franklin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, and other greats on the map

Vince Gill, Bill Anderson, Ashley McBryde, long-serving employees, and more Opry insiders speak to a dozen-plus moments that cemented the institution as country music’s biggest stage

In Camden, South Carolina, archaeologists are tackling some of America’s oldest cold cases

The fascinating, decades-long dalliance between the Crescent City and the Disney version of it, starring a cartoon princess, Creole chefs, mechanical tiki birds, and the world’s most meticulously researched flume ride