By Ken Mink International Travel Writers Alliance DAHLONEGA, Ga. – There once was an uproarious era in America when hundreds of thousands of people were struck with gold fever. Gold had been discovered in the early 1820s on Cherokee Indian lands in Georgia and North Carolina.Shortly thereafter gold wa...

​ .. Snuggled neatly in a scenic valley nearly straddling the border of Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains Park and North Carolina's Nantahala National Forest is one of the world's most interesting and unique locales. The Tapoco Lodge has grown from a relatively little-known site in the 1930s to increasingly becoming more popular and is now experien...

summer heat wave drives millions of Americans to Streams By Ken Mink TOWNSEND, Tn. --The summer of 2020 has been a torrid one for much of America, particularly the Southeast, resulting in a torrent of people seeking relief in rivers and streams – especially in Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia. Leading the way is several waterways in East Tenne...

​ By Ken Mink PINEVILLE, Ky. – Golf courses across America are subjected to one serious obstacle: Weather. Mother Nature plays no favorites and on February 6, 2020, she landed a tremendous punch to the gut at the Wasioto Winds golf course at Pine Mountain State Park, unleashing a rainstorm of biblical proportion, dropping some eight inches of rain ...

Enter introductory text here... Due to the international Covid-19 pandemic, parents of grade-school age children are finding good children's books are a Godsend for youngsters when they are on a vacation trip or at home. One such highly-acclaimed book is the "delightful" story of two adventurous hummingbirds "Zippy and Zoomer's Incredible Jour...

Visitors to America's Great Smoky Mountains Need to Check This Out... By Ken Mink TOWNSEND, Tn. – It is not often that travellers can happen upon a hidden scenic gem that brings great pleasure to their heart, their pocketbook and their palate. But such is the case of The Abbey, a colorful and entertaining little restaurant in this tiny town on the ...