At their golden jubilee, the mules got an original song in their honor and a horseshoe-shaped cake of apples, oats, carrots ...

Most people who plan a trip to the Smoky Mountains end up in Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge, and for good reason – those towns ...

Ahead of the country’s 250th birthday, The Smoky Mountain News traveled to cities and towns in our coverage area to interview ...

For the last Junior Saints of this school year, students were invited to draw a picture of a man or a woman who made history ...

Talk about Southern hospitality.

CNN Travel is celebrating Independence Day with the launch of our list of America’s Best Towns to Visit for 2026, as well as ...

Our choices run the gamut from beach and mountain towns in the East to creative hubs in the Midwest and the Rockies, ...

The year in review: Influential people who have died in 2026 - A powerful figure in the music industry, Clive Davis is ...

Opponents of birthright citizenship say it leads to “birth tourism.” Researchers estimated that 5,000 to 26,000 foreign pregnant women travel to the U.S. annually to give birth, a tiny slice of annual ...

Cristopher Sanchez and the Phillies played as ugly as a butt fumble on Monday ...

From Hayes to JFK to Trump, discover which U.S. presidents visited the North State, and reasons behind their trips to ...

Route 66 still winds through roadside attractions, neon signs, and pockets of old Americana. Flagstaff, Arizona, has always been among the best of those Route 66 towns. Today, it draws cyclists, ...