North America

These US States Have the Biggest…

The U.S. is large and it loves its super-sized reputation. A SizeGraf compliation the "biggest" claims in each state recently produced some astonishing finds. The team delved through mountains of Guiness Book of World Records to produce its remarkable report. It's no...

Bring It On In Tucson

Tucson is a bad-ass town. There. I said it. From the early days farming the desert along the Santa Cruz River, to later years fighting off Apache raiders, to recent years battling drought, the people of Tucson have had to face up and knuckle down. The bring-it-on...

In Awe of Asheville

When I first announced that we were moving to North Carolina, my writer and artist friends assumed we'd move to Asheville. "It's the creative capital of North Carolina," I heard repeatedly. While a creative capital sounded good, due to my husband's job, we wound up in...

A Legendary Hotel Reborn: The King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort

The legendary King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort on St. Simon’s Island, Georgia recently underwent a multi-million dollar renovation. View the beautifully redesigned resort in the slideshow here.

Explore Georgia’s Golden Isles

It’s not hard to understand why this stretch of the Georgia coast is known as the Golden Isles. Miles of marsh grass wave in the breeze, carved by streams, rivers, and inlets to form a jigsaw puzzle of islands. The sun rises like a glittering coin over the Atlantic and blankets the marshlands in gold and amber as it sets over the isles. Poised on the mouth of the sound leading up to the bustling port city of Brunswick is St. Simons Island, the largest of Georgia’s Golden Isles.

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Lynchburg: Gateway to the Civil War Trail

Lynchburg: Gateway to the Civil War Trail

Central Virginia is spectacular any time of year. In the spring, the hills look like Monet paintings dotted with dogwood white, red bud fuchsia and forsythia yellow. Summer’s lush green hillsides sparkle with magnolias and a rainbow of crepe myrtles. Even the stark bare branches of winter and the glistening snow bring stunning serenity to the farmlands, towns and rolling hills.

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