the largest brick building in the Western hemisphere. The fort served as a prison during the Civil War, requiring over 16 million bricks to complete, with many shipped from Maine. Guided snorkeling tours of the fort's underwater ruins provide colorful fish and reefs,and ...
Colleges: University of Central Arkansas, Central Baptist College, and Hendrix College #44 – College Park, MD Points: 2 Cost of living: 134.5 Unemployment rate: 4.3% Crime rate: 23.79 This small city and top college town is located in central Maryland. College Park boasts an impressively low...
He may have been everyone’s favorite neighbor, but the small western Pennsylvania town of Latrobe was lucky enough to have Fred Rogers as its own, at least during his younger years (he eventually moved to nearby Pittsburgh). With the 50th anniversary of the debut of “Mister Rogers’ Neigh...
Mines and factories come to mind when people think about western Pennsylvania, but forests and farms stretch across the state, punctuated by small towns like the seat of Butler County north of Pittsburgh in the Allegheny River watershed. Butler (pop. 13,800) is an American classic tha...
Eureka Springs, Arkansas Porch goals await atArsenic & Old Lace(yes, that's really this bed and breakfast's name and not the title of a new Miranda Lambert album). This quaint hideaway, situated in the Ozark Mountains, is close to lovely shops, galleries, and restaurants, which you'll ...
Also ranks #2 on The Best Country Singers From Arkansas Dig Deeper Country Singers Who Were in the Military Also ranks #9 on The Best Musical Artists From Mississippi 11 Randy Travis 3,484 votes With his rich baritone voice and heartfelt lyrics, this artist helped to usher in a new era ...
Maybe it’s more accurate to say that they made the Western their own. Spaghetti Westerns are, after all, a cousin to American Westerns in terms of style, content, themes and morality. The Italian Westerns are literally gritty where American Westerns are polished and clean; they deal in ambi...
The 99th percentile represents the top 1 percent of small cities in America. Massachusetts is Home to the Second Best Small City in the U.S.Lexington, MA is currently the second-best city to live in America according to WalletHub's study. Lexington is in the 99th percentile and received ...
In so-called "college towns," the student population typically has a major impact on the city's population as well as its culture and social scene. In bigger cities with more than one university, the school pride may not be as focused, but the influx of a younger population can still ma...
When you’re ready to retire, we’ve got a destination. Whether you prefer beaches, mountains, cities or college towns, there’s a match for you. We looked at small towns with populations up to 100,000 residents that have been touted for their low cost o