From her Appalachian childhood to Nashville and Dollywood, a journey through the Tennessee she loved – and transformed in return.
From retro 1950s properties to modern glamping sites, these places are reviving one of the US's most enduring pastimes – and offering travellers one last classic summer experience.
For nearly 30 years, part of Sonoma was ruled by Tsarist Russia, and it played a pivotal – if little-known – role in shaping the US.
In 1893, a teacher scaled Pikes Peak in Colorado and penned one of the US's most cherished songs, "America the Beautiful". Today, travellers can retrace her historic ascent.
This creamy, herby salad cream has existed overseas for decades and visitors to the US are now allegedly shipping cartons of it home. But is there any truth to the reports?
It was the smallest, least-populated and shortest-lived colony in the US. But despite being virtually unheard of today, it helped shape the nation's birth 250 years ago.
From roadside convenience stores to lonely landscapes, travellers are discovering little-known slices of Americana away from the host cities.
Record-setting ticket prices shut many football fans out of this year's tournament. We asked four groups who actually made the trip what the experience was like.
Once called the "wildest woman in America", this fearless knife-wielding naturalist has lived off the land for 53 years, fighting to preserve Cumberland Island for future travellers.
