Alabama musical trail perfect for drifting cowboys
Stretching from Andalusia north to Birmingham are 180 Alabama miles that likely should be traveled by serious country music fans. It's the Hank Williams Trail, established by the state in...
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Alabama musical trail perfect for drifting cowboys
Stretching from Andalusia north to Birmingham are 180 Alabama miles that likely should be traveled by serious country music fans. It's the Hank Williams Trail, established by the state in...
Tuskegee still rich in black history
TUSKEGEE, Ala. -- This is not a glamorous city. Its glory days are long gone, though a handful of once-fine mansions built before the Civil War are evidence that "money"...
Back to the start of the first coast-to-coast road — in Indiana
For highway travelers, This Is the Place.Since 1869, when the last spike of the Transcontinental Railroad was driven into a tie at Promontory, Utah, railroad tracks have stitched together America's...
The infamous decision
About seven hundred fifty miles away and 150 years ago this week, the United States Supreme Court made a ruling--the most controversial of the 19th Century--that would change history. But...
The infamous decision
About seven hundred fifty miles away and 150 years ago this week, the United States Supreme Court made a ruling--the most controversial of the 19th Century--that would change history. But...
A world of underground wonders in Missouri
Mike Burrage had made the trip from his home in Gilbertville, Iowa, to the Missouri Ozarks, a distance of about 350 miles, for the second time in a month. "I...
A world of underground wonders in Missouri
Mike Burrage had made the trip from his home in Gilbertville, Iowa, to the Missouri Ozarks, a distance of about 350 miles, for the second time in a month. "I...
A touch of German heritage in Missouri
Lois Hostkoetter says her passion for preserving history began about 36 years ago. It has since led to the creation of a full-blown antique German-American village on an 80-acre Missouri...
On an island of history with Col. Davenport
Tour guide Jack McDonald, chatty and informative, was showing us through the Col. Davenport House on Arsenal Island on a recent golden early evening. We had spent the previous five...