The burdens of the world are enough without adding more weight to our literal and figurative shoulders. Enjoying the journey becomes difficult when you have to lug around everything you own in overstuffed, heavy bags.

Now that we all have spring fever, many us are already on the hunt for how and where to spend that summer vacation. There’s something to be said for holiday traditions in the usual spots with family or friends, yet, the typical is often just, well, typical.

With the seasonal apple harvest in full swing, there’s no better time to support our third Presidents maxim – and his home state for that matter.

Before audio recordings ever captured rural acoustic American roots music, listening to bluegrass live was an improvisational experience. Like jazz, part of the beauty of the sound was in the element of not knowing what the performers would do next.

With the top golfers currently playing the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club, we wondered what those pros would consider to be the top courses in the South – great golf spots where every player, whether scratch or hack, should try to tee it up at least once in their life.

Started in 1925, the John C. Campbell Folk School was developed in the tradition of the folkehojskoles (folk schools) of rural Denmark, but is focused on preserving and spreading the crafts, techniques and tools of Applachaian Americans.