3+ hour, 32+ min ago  (487+ words) Kentucky's friendliest towns know how to put on a great cookout. That's why London, Kentucky, brings out the world's biggest stainless steel skillet to fry up fried chicken during its biggest festival. Visitors can walk a few blocks from the…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (703+ words) Switzerland's alpine mountain ranges have preserved towns whose historic centers changed gradually over centuries rather than through rapid redevelopment. The same mountains that reinforced Switzerland's neutrality and separation from much of Europe during both world wars have also protected many…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (543+ words) The Oban Distillery is one of Scotland's oldest licensed distilleries. Visitors can gain insight into the whisky-making process through guided tours accompanied by a tasting of their single malt. Make the short but steep hike to the top of Battleship…...

3+ day, 32+ min ago  (1196+ words) World Atlas Bardstown, Kentucky, calls itself the Bourbon Capital of the World and has had distilleries since 1776. Beaufort, South Carolina, was occupied by Union forces in November 1861 and survived the Civil War with its antebellum architecture intact. Eureka Springs, Arkansas,…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (382+ words) Paddy's Brewpub & Rosie's Restaurant is usually the loudest end of Main Street, with booths full from late afternoon onward. The Al Whittle Theatre handles the calmer end, with year-round concerts and stage performances in a restored 1911 cinema. The town also…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1082+ words) World Atlas Global rice trade in 2024 ran about 52 million metric tons by volume and US$38. 3 billion by value, with the Philippines, China, Indonesia, the European Union, Nigeria, and Iraq accounting for the largest share. The market has been radically reshaped…...

5+ day, 2+ min ago  (1499+ words) World Atlas The towns below all earned their reputations the hard way. Walla Walla cleared land for more than 120 working wineries in the Columbia Basin since the first commercial vintage in 1977. Bisbee retrofitted an 1880s copper-mining boomtown into a working artists…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (944+ words) World Atlas Rhode Island's small towns are built around Main Streets that showcase the region's maritime heritage and celebrate hometown pride. In East Greenwich, seafood restaurants overlook Narragansett Bay along a downtown lined with buildings dating back to the 18th century....

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (165+ words) World Atlas The rapidly dwindling endemic fish populations of several North American lakes appear to be part of a recent, rather terrifying, escalating trend. Consider the following, based on University of Arkansas research: "40% of native freshwater and diadromous fish species…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1271+ words) World Atlas Four Alaska general stores have outlasted gold rushes, earthquakes, pipeline booms, and the slow attrition of the highway. They sit roughly along a south-to-north line up the state, from a Kenai Peninsula crossroads through downtown Anchorage to the…...