The small Western North Carolina town of Sylva is home to the American Museum of the House Cat, which traces the history of the American house cat through more than 15,000 works of cat-related art and artifacts, including a mummified cat and cat drawings by Andy Warhol.

Athens, Georgia, is best known as home to the University of Georgia, but some would say its most beloved resident is a 70-foot-tall white oak that has legal ownership of itself.

Scottsboro, Alabama, sits on the edge of the Cumberland Plateau, and it rocks — literally.

On evening dog walks, Chelsie and Matt Vawter's two sons, Linden, 10, and Liam, 8, like to duck behind trees and pretend they're wild children living in the woods.

Behind every Rock/Creek store is a team of outdoor enthusiasts and experts who love spreading the outdoor recreation "stoke."

Great cities are defined by great parks.

What do Eagle Scouts, giant sandstone boulders and the Tennessee River Gorge Trust have in common?

The "big bad wolf" really isn't that bad, says Jim Watson, a semi-retired Hamilton County teacher who's on a mission to dispel myths about wolves.

Ruth Pearl and Ken Elliott became birders in Africa.