It's hunting season. Two Kentucky plantsmen head unarmed into the territory of putty root and pink muhly, finding the highest waterfall in the state and othr wonders.

Rural Louisiana birthed three styles of original music, and dance fans -- local and far flung -- ensure that every beat goes on.

A small town with "big eyes" managed to fill its empty downtown buildings with antiques stores. Shoring up that advance with a Main Street project, Gladewater now reaches out to nearby towns to strengthen its region of East Texas through education.

Members of the U.S. military and their families get a free pass at hundreds of museums -- urban and rural -- all summer long.