WHERE TOM AND HUCK WERE BORN
Mark Twain roamed the world, but came home to an astonishing house. “There ought to be a room in this house to swear in.”
THE STEAMER, "THE SHINING," AND THE STANLEY HOTEL
F.O. Stanley needed a place to die. Stephen King needed a plot. Together they haunt the Stanley Hotel. (As seen in “The Shining.”)
DARK SKIES OVER DRIPPIN’
As Texas grows and glows, Hill Country towns are dimming the lights and saving the night sky.
RIDING THE MIRACLE RAILS -- "NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD"
The Attic journeys over the Sierras on the trackbeds of America’s epic Transcontinental Railroad.
ART + INDUSTRY + INNOVATION = MASS MOCA
Turning an old factory into a cutting-edge art museum was just the start of Mass MoCA’s magic.
THE GREAT AMERICAN ROAD TRIP -- AND MINE
The Great American Road Trip is barely a century old.
FROM AMERICA'S EMPTY QUARTER
Somewhere just outside of Wolf Point, Montana, I step into the prairie wilderness.
DOWN AT THE CADILLAC RANCH
The artists of Ant Farm planted their car craziness on the Texas Panhandle. The world came. So did The Attic.
CATCH A WAVE -- IN SURF CITY
Surfing is worldwide but it took a California beach town to make it a craze. And to keep it current.
AMERICA'S PEACE PLATFORM -- THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
In a city of monuments, one stands out. This week the Lincoln Memorial turns 100.
AMERICA'S FAVORITE FOOTPATH -- THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
2,200 miles from Georgia to Maine, the A.T. is a culture on foot, with its own “trail magic.”
THE TRUTH ABOUT TOAD SUCK -- (ARKANSAS)
A town. A name. A joke. A poem. How ‘bout that Toad Suck (Arkansas, that is).
THE MUSEUM THAT CONQUERS TIME
John Rice Irwin saw his beloved Appalachia disappearing. So he preserved it in time.
THE REAL WOODSTOCK
The festival was 50 years ago and 50 miles away, but Woodstock, New York keeps the spirit alive.
