Knoebels Amusement Resort in central Pennsylvania is the largest free-admission amusement park in the country, and it turns 100 in 2026. You pay only for the rides, starting at a couple of dollars ...

Wild Florida Adventure Park in Kenansville turns a simple drive into a real safari-style outing. The roads wind through wide habitats filled with animals from around the world. It feels relaxed and ...

The FBI plans to remove two key steps for support staff who want to become special agents. According to a Reuters report from Feb. 19, 2026, the bureau will drop the panel interview and writing test ...

The U.S. cattle herd fell to about 86.2 million head as of Jan. 1, 2026, according to the USDA. That makes it the smallest herd the country has seen in 75 years. The beef cow count alone dropped about ...

Out in Lassen County, a 25.4-mile trail follows the Susan River through a canyon lined with rock outcrops, pine forests, and mountain views. Locals call it “the Bizz,” and it carries you across 12 ...

You can drive it in an hour. But if you do, you’ll miss the point. The Selma to Montgomery March Byway follows U.S. Highway 80 for 54 miles across central Alabama, tracing the exact route where ...

You probably wouldn’t guess that one of the most talked-about trail systems in the country runs through a stretch of Northwest Arkansas. The Razorback Regional Greenway covers 40 paved miles from ...

California is making waves in the trucking world with a major move to revoke thousands of commercial driver’s licenses. The crackdown targets drivers whose paperwork no longer meets federal and state ...

In 1948, Earl Shaffer came home from war with ghosts. The 29-year-old had seen too much as a radioman in the South Pacific, and his best friend Walter died at Iwo Jima. Back in Pennsylvania, Shaffer ...

Southwest Airlines is about to become a very different airline. Starting January 27, 2026, passengers will get assigned seats for the first time in the carrier’s 53-year history. The familiar A, B, ...

In 1975, a retired military man named Peter Jefferds changed American food history on a small cove in Washington. After living abroad and falling for mussels, he picked Penn Cove on Whidbey Island to ...

In summer 1950, polio hit tiny Wytheville, Virginia with brutal force. The first case struck 20-month-old Johnny Seccafico in late June. Soon after, the town of just 5,500 people had 184 cases—one in ...