Can a passenger train succeed -- and turn a profit -- in a region with low-population density? Lynchburg. Virginia, is a test case and passing with flying colors.

The steam trains roll again. And fanatic Jefferson Sinclair is on board, rolling from Winston-Salem through the beautiful Blue Ridge to Roanoke, Virginia.

What a legacy! One rural Iowa county was both inspiration for The Music Man and the place where, some say, "the music died" February 3, 1959.

Residents in and around Bellevue, Iowa, confer on how their region can become a year-round tourist destination. The bald eagles have already discovered Bellevue.