The first known mention of a network to help escaped slaves was in 1831, when an enslaved man named Tice Davids fled from his owner in Kentucky by swimming across the Ohio River. Unable to find him, his owner bitterly complained that Davids “must have gone off on an underground railroad.” The first known mention … Continued

If you grew up near a Great Lake you were likely drilled with the HOMES acronym in grade school to keep them straight: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior. Filled with folklore (hello, shipwrecks!) and rimmed with lighthouses, cultural landmarks, and resort towns, plus—in recent years—a thriving surfing culture and wine regions, these five freshwater … Continued

Louisville, Kentucky, is, and probably always will be, the heart of bourbon country, so it’s the perfect place to begin and end an eight-day, six-state whirlwind whiskey road trip to discover not just Kentucky bourbon and Tennessee whiskey, but contributions from Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and more as whiskey distilling booms across all 50 states. It … Continued