Most Popular Hometown Spotlight Stories

by Marti Attoun

Fifty thousand acres of sunflowers burst into bloom each August, creating a golden spectacle in fields around Goodland, Kan.

first appeared: 7/29/2007

Where Time Stands Still

by Stuart Englert

Renfro Valley resident John Lair built the 650-seat theater in 1939 and began broadcasting the Renfro Valley Barn Dance live each Saturday night

first appeared: 3/2/2008

Wild About Blueberries

by Sean Conneely

The crowd at the Wild Blueberry Festival in Machias, Maine (pop. 2,353), buzzes with anticipation as contestants take their places...

first appeared: 8/5/2007

Amish & Antiques

by Marti Attoun

Hochstetler is among 20,000 Amish residents in Elkhart and LaGrange counties, home to the world's third largest concentration of the pious Protestant faith.

first appeared: 8/26/2007

Taking Pride in Privies

by Marti Attoun

While some small towns fade without a fight when their schools and businesses are boarded up, in 1996 resourceful Elk Falls residents took a look at what makes their town distinctive and decided to flaunt it.

first appeared: 10/28/2007

Darcy Farrow, NV

by Sherril Steele-Carlin

Darcy Farrow Was Her Name

first appeared: 10/14/2001

Singing the Grafton Blues

by Ann Hattes

Until recently, most residents of Grafton, Wis. (10,312), had little idea they were living on musically sacred ground.

first appeared: 9/16/2007

Home of The Waltons

by Richard Matthews

first appeared: 1/18/2004

Rounding Up Rattlers

by Stuart Englert

Tony Felder and Dean Wilson climb among the hills west of Okeene, Okla. (pop. 1,240), searching cracks and crevices in the porous gypsum rock for the elusive Western diamondback rattlesnake.

first appeared: 4/20/2008

Re-creating Rockwell

by Sean Conneely

The country store's doorbell jingles merrily as holiday shoppers shuffle to and fro. Children play in the street and dream of what Santa will bring.

first appeared: 11/18/2007

Noodling for Catfish

by Stuart Englert

Oklahoma tournament lures fearless hand-fishermen

first appeared: 6/25/2009

A Frozen Good Time

by Vicki Cox

With coffin races, a polar plunge, costume party and frozen turkey bowling, Frozen Dead Guy Days is residents' weekend farewell to the area's harsh, snow-filled winter.

first appeared: 2/24/2008

Built on Furniture

by Stuart Englert

Companies such as Swaim and Thayer Coggin help High Point retain its title as the Home Furnishings Capital of the World

first appeared: 3/16/2008

Sabula, Iowa

by Lori Erickson

Sabula, Iowa: Island City on the Mississippi

first appeared: 12/3/2000

Cassville's Fishin' Tradition

by Marti Attoun

first appeared: 2/19/2006

Parading a Horse-Drawn Christmas

by Lori B. Murray

Young girls dressed as Santa's elves hand out candy canes, Christmas carols blare from loudspeakers and spectators scurry to secure a good spot as America's largest horse-drawn carriage parade gets under way in downtown Lebanon, Ohio.

first appeared: 11/19/2006

A Bewitching Time

by Sean Conneely

On a blustery October night, a cloaked figure turns down a dimly lit alleyway in Salem, Mass. (pop. 40,407).

first appeared: 9/30/2007

Colfax, WA

by Louis Bignami

The Codger Pole of Colfax, Wash.

first appeared: 5/13/2001

Smith Island, MD

by Elizabeth Evitts

The Crabbing Life of Smith Island, Md.

first appeared: 6/17/2001

Peters Hollow, TN

by Kara Carden

Peters Hollow's Eggstraordinary Contest

first appeared: 3/10/2002

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