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By Steve Kirchner, Editor & Publisher

elcome to Byways! In this trict, the construction of the 16,000 seat Pinnacle Bank issue, we announce the results Arena, and construction and revitalization of parks and of our annual survey of pro- civic areas available for events.

And if you’re a Nebraska football fan, football fessional tour operators as to where Saturday in Lincoln is a great spot to catch up with their tour customers will be traveling in friends and warmly welcome visiting fans from across 2016. We’ve been conducting the surthe country to Memorial Stadium. vey for more than 30 years!

Next, we travel to Kentucky’s Shaker Village. It offers While many destinations retain their ranking, there’s a 34 original Shaker structures on over 3,000 acres and is few changes at the top as well. A reminder this is not a home to the country’s largest collection of original 19th random sampling, but rather a tally of those who century buildings and is the largest Historic Landmark in responded to the survey.

Kentucky.

Turn to page 8 for the full results.

The Shakers embraced a kinship with the land and Nashville, Music City USA! It’s easy to think of with each other, Nashville as the committing their country music capital lives to a higher of America, but calling and forging there’s so much more legacies that inspire here that it’s often today. overlooked. So we Bill Graves takes set out to discover the us along the 200-year history and Highways & heritage of Nashville, Byways to Death’s to learn how Door in Wisconsin.

Nashville evolved Actually, he’s taking into the vibrant and us to a peninsula exciting city it is that stretches almost today. to Michigan. The For a close-up look water passage at the history of counbetween these two try music, we visit the The Nashville Skyline. Photo courtesy states was named by state-of-the-art $37 Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation. the Indians “Death’s million Country Door.” The full stoMusic Hall of Fame ry begins on page 30. and Museum. This is a must stop on any trip to In What’s Happening, we visit an assembly plant.

Nashville. And a visit to Studio B, where Elvis and so Actually, the General Motors Corvette Assembly plant in many other stars made their first recordings, brings back Bowling Green, Kentucky. In fact, it’s the only plant in so many memories of the songs and the role they played the world where General Motors assembles its high powin our own lives. ered Corvettes, and it’s open to the public for plant tours.

Just outside of Nashville in Lebanon, TN is the headGiven today’s world of product secrecy and liability quarters of Cracker Barrel, the national chain of 600+ concerns, quality plant tours have faded from the travel restaurants. We visit the company’s one-of-a-kind Décor landscape in recent years.

Thankfully, GM still offers Center. We discover some facts about Cracker Barrel that few of its customers may know, and even more will this unique tour.

With the National Corvette Museum right next door, find hard to believe. It’s truly an amazing story. it’s no wonder that Corvette enthusiasts from around the Also in this issue, we head west to learn about the world converge on Bowling Green every year. rebirth of Lincoln, Nebraska.

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On the cover. Country music and pop star Taylor Swift performs at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. For more on Music City USA, turn to page 14.

Photo courtesy Grand Ole Opry and Tennessee Department of Tourism.

North America’s Top Tour Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Top 50 Tour Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Top 30 States, Top 5 Canadian Provinces, Top 10 Group Friendly Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Top 10 Group Friendly Restaurants, Top 15 Man-made Attractions, Top 10 Natural Attractions13

Nashville History & Heritage, Music City USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The Country Music Hall of Fame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Cracker Barrel’s One-of-a-Kind Décor Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 At Death’s Door in Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The Rebirth of Lincoln, Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Kentucky’s Shaker Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Coming in future issues of Byways ..... Great American Railroads, Mountains & Valleys, Ocean Views, Rivers & Lakes, and much more!

Next Up: Great American Railroads.

The Big South Fork Scenic Railway parallels the Big South Fork River in Kentucky.

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The Titanic is a popular attraction in Branson, MO. Byways photo.

e’re pleased to present Byways projections for the top North American tour destinations of 2016. For more than 30 years Byways has surveyed group tour operators to gain their perspective on the hottest destinations of the new year.

The poll is conducted on-line through an electronic survey, but remember, it’s not a random sample. And the results merely reflect the views of professional tour operators who respond to our emailed request each year.

In 2016 the nation’s capital, Washington, DC, has retained its historical lead over the competition. With so many Washington monuments (free admission) and the Smithsonian Institution (free admission), it’s difficult for any destination to compete with the nation’s center of government.

But the gap is closing. This year it’s New York City coming on strong, and you know it will take an exciting city like the Big Apple to draw even or even surpass Washington.

Branson took the third spot in the survey. We’re always amazed that a small Missouri town of 2500 can even compete with the capital of the Free World and the nation’s Financial Center. But it does.

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Music City USA, Nashville, moved into the 4th position. No surprise here, as you’ll discover in this issue of Byways.

Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Niagara Falls, Gettysburg and Williamsburg round out the top 10.

The strong showing of Nashville, Memphis, and Pigeon Forge also help to explain why Tennessee was voted the top group tour state for 2016.

The Pentagon 9-11 Memorial is one of many monuments and memorials in the Washington DC area. Byways photo.

1. Washington, DC 2. New York City, NY 3. Branson, MO 4. Nashville, TN 5. Baltimore, MD 6. Philadelphia, PA 7. New Orleans, LA 8. Niagara Falls, NY & ON 9. Gettysburg, PA 10. Williamsburg, VA 11. Chicago, IL 12. Pigeon Forge, TN 13. Memphis, TN 14. Virginia Beach, VA 15. Lancaster, PA 16. Charleston, SC 17. Asheville, NC 18. Boston, MA 19. Atlanta, GA 20. Hershey, PA 21. Cape Cod, MA 22. Myrtle Beach, SC 23. Atlantic City, NJ 24. Mackinaw Island, MI 25. San Antonio, TX 26. St. Louis, MO 27. Louisville, KY 28. Savannah, GA 29. Las Vegas, NV 30. San Francisco, CA 31. Richmond, VA 32. Orlando, FL 33. Albuquerque, NM 34. Biloxi-Gulfport, MS 35. Hudson Valley, NY 36. Valley Forge, PA 37. Los Angeles, CA 38. Quebec City, QB 39. San Diego, CA 40. Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX 41. Montreal, QB 42. Pittsburgh, PA 43. Colorado Spring, CO 44. Annapolis, MD 45. Denver, CO

46. Toronto, ON 47. Wheeling, WV 48. Oklahoma City, OK 49. Miami, FL 50. Seattle, WA

Honorable Mention

Alexandria, VA Anchorage, AK Austin, TX Boise, ID Buffalo, NY Cincinnati, OH Charlotte, NC Chattanooga, TN Cleveland, OH Deadwood, SD Detroit, MI Harpers Ferry, WV Indianapolis, IN Kansas City, MO Las Cruces, NM Lexington, KY Little Rock, AR Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Mobile, AL Monterey, CA Ocean City, MD Ottawa, ON Palm Springs, CA Phoenix, AZ Portland, OR Quebec City, QB Rapid City, SD Sacramento, CA Santa Fe, NM Tampa, FL Tucson, AZ

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Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is a favorite spot for visitors and residents alike. Byways photo.

Top 30 States

1 Tennessee 2. New York 3. Missouri 4. Virginia 5. Massachusetts 6. Louisiana 7. Pennsylvania 8. Georgia 9. South Carolina 10. Illinois 11. Michigan 12. Maryland 13. North Carolina 14. Florida 15. Kentucky 16. New Jersey 17. Alabama 18. Vermont 19. Ohio 20. South Dakota 21. California 22. Texas 23. West Virginia 24. Indiana 25. Nebraska 12 • Byways

26. Mississippi 27. Arizona 28. Colorado 29. Connecticut 30. Wisconsin

Top 5 Canadian Provinces

1. Ontario 2. New Brunswick 3. Nova Scotia 4. Quebec 5. Prince Edward Island

Top 10 Group Friendly Hotels

1. Hampton Inns 2. Marriott 3. Holiday Inns/Holiday Inn Express 4. Drury Inns 5, Fairfield Inns 6. Comfort Inns 7. Hilton 8. Radisson 9. Doubletree 10. Best Western

Top 10 Group Friendly Restaurants

1. Cracker Barrel 2. Bob Evans 3. Buca de Beppo 4. Bubba Gump 5. Golden Corral 6. Hard Rock Cafe 7. Phillips Restaurants 8. Landry’s Seafood Restaurants 9. Ryans 10. Applebee’s

Top 15 Man-Made Attractions

1. Washington, DC Monuments 2. Radio City Music Hall 3. New York’s Broadway 4. Grand Ole Opry 5. Statue of Liberty 6. Smithsonian Institution

7. Hershey Park 8. Dollywood 9. Elvis Presley’s Graceland 10. Mount Rushmore 11. Mount Vernon 12. Monticello 13. Henry Ford Museum 14. Universal Studios 15. Baseball Hall of Fame

Top 10 Natural Attractions

1. Niagara Falls, NY & ON 2. Pennsylvania Dutch Country, PA 3. Cape Cod, MA 4. Mount Rushmore, SD 5. Black Hills, SD 6. Yellowstone National Park, WY & MT 7. The Poconos, PA 8. Glacier National Park, MT 9. Shenandoah National Park, VA 10. Yosemite National Park, CA

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The finale of the 40th anniversary celebration of the opening of Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. Photo courtesy Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.

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The Hermitage at dusk.

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ashville’s history began more than 200 years ago, long before the first guitar picker ever moved into town.

The town of Nashville was founded by James Robertson, Colonel John Donelson, and a party of Overmountain Men in 1779, near the original Cumberland settlement of Fort Nashborough. These were American frontiersmen from west of the Appalachian Mountains who arrived with their families after they took part in the American Revolutionary War. It was named for Francis Nash, the American Revolutionary War hero. Nashville quickly grew because of its strategic location, accessibility as a port on the Cumberland River, a tributary of the Ohio River; and its later status as a major railroad center.

Col. Donelson’s daughter Rachel would soon become the wife of Andrew Jackson, the nation’s seventh president. Many things had changed within 10 years of settlement. Nashborough underwent a name change and 16 • Byways

Belle Meade Plantation. Photo courtesy Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation

became Nashville. The first school chartered was Davidson Academy, which remains operational today.

Andrew Jackson arrived in town to serve as the public prosecutor, and in 1788 Bob Renfroe opened the first tavern owned and operated by freed African Americans.

In 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state admitted to the Union. With the War of 1812, Tennessee earned its affectionate nickname, the Volunteer State, by sending hundreds more soldiers to the war than was asked.

And soon after, Nashville began to develop its own nicknames. In 1824, the music publishing industry took root with the publication of Western Harmony, a book of hymns and instructions for singing. Unbeknownst at the time, the book helped shape Nashville as “Music City” and the “Buckle of the Bible Belt.”

Andrew Jackson was elected the seventh president in 1828. He built his plantation, The Hermitage, for his beloved wife Rachel. Today the National Historic Landmark features The Hermitage mansion, tombs of Andrew and Rachel Jackson and Rachel’s garden Hermitage. The antebellum plantation resides on almost 1,100 acres, all acreage belonging to Jackson 200 years ago. The home itself is a rare treat among presidential homes as over 95 percent of the furnishings are original to the home and to the Jackson family. Even the wallpaper in the grand foyer is authentic.

Nashville was named the permanent capital of Tennessee in 1843, and one year later another Tennessean was elected president, James K. Polk. The year 1845 ushered in the construction of the state capitol building, designed by William Strickland, and the death of Andrew Jackson. Polk died in 1849, only a few years after Jackson’s death, and was buried with his wife on the grounds of the State Capitol.

By 1860, when the first rumblings of secession began to be heard across the South, antebellum Nashville was a very prosperous city. The city’s significance as a ship-

Legislative Plaza, with State Capitol and War Memorial Auditorium. Photo courtesy Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation.

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Visitors enjoy a wagon ride at The Hermitage Mansion.

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ping port made it a desirable prize as a means of controlling important river and railroad transportation routes. In February 1862, Nashville became the first state capital to fall to Union troops. The state was occupied by Union troops for the duration of the war. The Battle of Nashville (December 15–16, 1864) was a significant Union victory and perhaps the most decisive tactical victory gained by either side in the war.

Today, Civil War history is important to the city’s tourism industry. Sites pertaining to the Battle of Nashville and the nearby Battle of Franklin and Battle of Stones River can be seen, along with several well-preserved antebellum plantation houses such as Belle Meade Plantation, Carnton plantation in Franklin, and Belmont Mansion.

Nashville Becomes Music City Nashville’s earliest settlers celebrated in the late 1700s with fiddle tunes and buck dancing after safely disembarking on the shores of the Cumberland River. As the 1800s unfolded, Nashville grew to become a national center for music publishing.

In 1925, the establishment of radio station WSM and its launch of the broadcast that would be called the Grand Ole Opry further secured Nashville’s reputation as a musical center and sparked its durable nickname of 18 • Byways

The Ryman Auditorium.

Photo courtesy Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.

“Music City.” The Opry, still staged live every week, is America’s longest-running radio show that has been in continuous production for more than 85 years. It ignited the careers of hundreds of country stars and lit the fuse for Nashville to explode into a geographic center for touring and recording.

The mid 1940s and early 1950s saw a new movement beginning in the music world. The Opry moved downtown to the Ryman and bestowed upon the Ryman its most affectionate nickname, the “Mother Church of Country Music.”

Music Row, located on 16th and 17th Avenues South, not far from downtown, began to take shape with the construction of recording studios and record labels. Castle Studio, Nashville’s first recording studio, opened. Capitol Records became the first major company to locate its director of country music to Nashville. And the Country Music Association was founded. Soon the famous RCA Studio B opened its doors on Music Row and instantly became famous under the management of Chet Atkins. Here the “Nashville Sound” was crafted and performers like Elvis, the Everly Brothers, and Dolly Parton recorded their chart-topping hits.

The Tennessee State Museum in Nashville.

Photo courtesy Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.

Grand Ole Opry Today many visitors to Nashville attend live performances of the Grand Ole Opry, the world’s longest running live radio show. The Country Music Hall of

Fame and Museum is another major attraction relating to the popularity of country music. The Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, the Opry Mills regional shopping mall and the General Jackson showboat, are all located in what is known as Music Valley.

Ryman Auditorium Regarded as the “Mother Church of Country Music,” the Ryman is a National Historic Landmark renowned for its exceptional acoustics that has hosted musicians from Chris Isaak and James Brown to Patsy Cline and Bruce Springsteen, as well as current and rising stars of all musical genres. The Opry said good-bye to the Ryman in 1974 when it moved to its new home on the Gaylord Opryland complex. It was then that the Ryman fell into misuse and dilapidation, and it wasn’t until 1994 that the Ryman was restored to its grandeur.

War Memorial Auditorium The historic War Memorial Auditorium is located in the heart of downtown Nashville and sits directly in front of the Tennessee State Capitol. Built in 1925, this exquisite site is truly elegant and versatile. The auditorium’s 66’0” x 52’0” crescent-shaped stage, where several live albums have been recorded, contributes to its superb Byways • 19

Concert at the Ryman Auditorium. Photo courtesy Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.

acoustics. This auditorium has been renovated to function as a multi-purpose space, and offers the flexibility of theatrical, cabaret, banquet seating, or an open floor configuration on the orchestra level.

In 1937, the General Assembly created a state museum to house World War I mementoes and other collections from the state, the Tennessee Historical Society and other groups. This museum was located in the lower level of the War Memorial Building until it was moved into the new James K. Polk Center in 1981. The Tennessee State Museum currently occupies three floors, with more than 60,000 square feet devoted to exhibits.

The Musician’s Hall of Fame & Museum This museum features the known and not-so-wellknown talented musicians who actually played on many of the greatest recordings of all time.

Exhibits consist of instruments owned and played by well-known artists as well as behind-the-scenes session musicians. These musicians were often the house studio musicians in cities such as Memphis, Los Angeles, Detroit, Nashville, Muscle Shoals and New York City.

These musicians were often the unsung heroes behind the hits of many great artists.

interactive exhibits, the museum tells the story of Cash’s life, from childhood through his entertainment career.

The museum features the largest achieve of Johnny Cash memorabilia in the world. From the Man in Black’s earliest childhood artifacts to the very last song he wrote, its all here.

Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum Once the private estate of the Cheek family (Maxwell House coffee fame), it is now home to 55 acres of charming botanical gardens featuring a sculpture garden and a museum of art that features a permanent collection of contemporary and decorative art, paintings and sculptures as well as seasonal exhibits.

Belle Meade Plantation, “Queen of the Tennessee Plantations” Belle Meade Plantation, which includes a 150-yearold antebellum home, tells the history of the Old South from slavery to prosperity to the Civil War. As one of the few homes that can claim to have had a Civil War battle fought on the lawn, Belle Meade captures the essence of life during a tumultuous time.

The 1853 Greek Revival mansion was home to English Derby winner Iroquois and renowned as a thorJohnny Cash Museum oughbred stud farm (horses like Seabiscuit, War Admiral Making its home in the heart of Nashville, this muse- and Smarty Jones all trace their lineage here). And, as um gives visitors a chance to see a side of Cash many one of the premier thoroughbred racing and breeding people didn’t know existed. Featuring authentic and farms in the South. Belle Meade was always the center 20 • Byways

The General Jackson Showboat in downtown Nashville. Photo courtesy Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation.

of hospitality and today that tradition continues: In November 2009 Belle Meade opened up the only winery in Nashville and they host daily wine tastings.

Taste of Nashville “Pop a top again” on a Nashville Brewery Tour and taste some of Music City’s finest brews. Start at Black Abbey Brewing Company and discover the “brotherhood of beers.” Taking cues from Belgian Trappist monks, Black Abbey Brewing Company handcrafts their brews to taste bringing a fresh creativity and approachability to traditional ales. Tennessee Brew Works began as a kitchen hobby turned outdoor brewing system turned to the current day 25- barrel brew system. With the simple goal of creating “finely tuned craft beer,” Garr Schwartz and Christian Spears have turned a simple hobby into one of Tennessee’s leading breweries.

Finally, visit Corsair Distillery. Corsair’s spirits have been praised in publications like Food and Wine, Saveur, Imbibe, Whisky Magazine, Whisky Advocate, the Atlantic, Time Out New York, and Maxim.com. Corsair’s spirits have won 41 medals at international spirits competitions.

For more on Nashville, visit: http://www.visitmusiccity.com

Downtown Lower Broad. Photo courtesy Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation.

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Exterior of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. Photo courtesy Dove-Wedding-Photography.

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There’s always a new exhibition at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum. Byways photo.

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he $37 million, state-of-the-art Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum® in Nashville features more than 40,000 square feet of country music artifacts, archives, theater space, a full service restaurant and much more.

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is the definitive home for this purely American art form, safeguarding over two million artifacts.

Trace the arc of the history of country music through the decades, beginning with Jimmie Rodgers and the earliest days of the Grand Ole Opry, to the crossover smash success of Patsy Cline and Elvis Presley, to trailblazers such as Johnny Cash and Garth Brooks, to today’s hottest artists like Luke Bryan and Taylor Swift.

Election to the Hall of Fame is the most esteemed honor in country music. Visitors agree that the Hall of Fame Rotunda inspires reverence for the deepest roots of the music. Here, inside this unbroken circle of honor, visitors can learn of the contributions that each member made to this musical story.

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studio in Nashville, and one of the most distinguished studios in the world. More than 35,000 songs were recorded in the legendary space -- over 1,000 which became hits. Here you can step inside the studio where many of the greatest performers of the past 50 years created timeless music and made recording history!

RCA’s Studio B is home to hits like Roy Orbison’s “Only the Lonely,” the Everly Brothers’ “Dream,” Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” and 250 hits by Elvis Presley including “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”

The Lobby of the Museum & Hall of Fame. Byways photo.

More than 1,000 hits were recorded in RCA’s Studio B. Left, Chet Atkins at the controls with Waylon Jennings.

Below, Elvis Presley’s first day recording. Photos courtesy Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum.

Hatch Print Shop One of America’s oldest working letterpress print shops has created original art for Elvis Presley, Grand Ole Opry stars, and many of today’s artists.

The shop, recently moved to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, has printed concert posters for such artists as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Coldplay and many more for more than 125 years.

Founded by brothers Charles and Herbert Hatch, this iconic shop opened in Nashville in 1879. For much of the twentieth century, the shop’s vibrant posters served as a leading advertising medium for Southern entertainment, and included work for many members of the Grand Ole Opry such as Bill Monroe, Minnie Pearl, and Ernest Tubb, and for rock & roll icons such as Elvis and Chuck Berry.

A $4 million gift from the singing star has funded the Taylor Swift Educational Center at the Museum. Byways photo.

The Hatch Print-Shop press. Photo courtesy Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum.

Hatch produces reprints of classic posters, and creates new work daily. Shop for a piece of history, and enjoy a tour of this Nashville icon.

In addition to touring the Museum, members of tour groups can choose from a variety of one-of-a-kind experiences that includes Nashville’s most legendary recording studio or time spent with Music City’s finest performers and songwriters. These special packages and programs can be added to your Museum itinerary for an additional fee.

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Larry Singleton has purchased more than 600,000 unique antiques for more than 600 Cracker Barrel stores and restaurants throughout the United States.

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hile working in the gasoline business in the late 1960s, Dan Evins began thinking of ways to better serve travelers on the nation’s roads.

Back then, the interstate system was still young, and goods and services were hit and miss.

Worse, he noted with the rise of fast food, the little places that served up some of the real flavors of America were being pushed aside.

Dan thought that folks traveling on the new highways might appreciate a clean, comfortable, relaxed place to stop for a meal, in an environment like the old country store.

As luck would have it, Dan’s company owned a parcel of land on the outskirts of town. So with the help of a friend, plans were drawn up, and the first Cracker Barrel opened on September 19, 1969 in Lebanon, TN. The first Cracker Barrel Old Country Store offered homestyle cooking from recipes, not a mix, and hospitality as warm as the biscuits served. Dan knew quality mattered along with offering prices that were fair and honest, a combination that proved to be a recipe for success, and in 6 short years there were 13 stores from Tennessee to Georgia.

Today, Lebanon is still home to the Cracker Barrel company, with more than 600 locations in 42 states. And the Cracker Barrel Décor Center warehouse is part of the company’'s 90-acre headquarters compound in this Nashville suburb.

In the early days, the stores sold gasoline, part of Dan’s family business. But when the oil embargo of the midseventies hit, new stores were built without the pumps, and today Cracker Barrel is completely out of the gasoline business.

The Cracker Barrel Décor Center is where antiques are kept for new stores. Did you think those antiques at the Cracker Barrel stores were reproductions? Think again.

Since 1969 Cracker Barrel has traveled the country, visiting estate sales, auctions and flea markets. They’ve purchased thousands of original artifacts including farm tools, business signs, family photographs and old-fashioned toys. Few people know that almost every tool, photograph, sign and toy that decorates each Cracker Barrel Old Country Store location is authentic.

They’re all originals!

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Aisle after aisle of artifacts are stored in the Décor Center. Photos courtesy Bill Graves.

antique store, to locate implements that used to be found in old country stores. Today, their son Larry continues the unique task of finding local and regional artifacts for new Cracker Barrel locations.

Larry Singleton heads up the Décor Center, and has purchased more than 600,000 original artifacts that are on display at Cracker Barrel locations across the country.

Each year, Larry’s team cleans and restores thousands of artifacts. Once the rust is gone, touch-up paint is added to restore the artifact to its original appearance.

During the design process, research is done on the community in which the new store will be located. They are looking for items that match the community’s ties to agriculture, recreation, business and home life. It is often possible to find artifacts that have direct connections to the local community.

The warehouse collection includes 90,000 artifacts to choose from. Selecting from this collection, designers carefully begin the layout process of the new store on full-size replicas of the restaurant’s interior walls. After placing each artifact, the finished design is photographed.

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with the photograph to the new store.

The design is later recreated at the new location just as Singleton and his team designed it at the Décor Center warehouse.

The entire store package consists of some 1,000 antiques and artifacts.

Each individual artifact includes a bar code, allowing Cracker Barrel to track every item it ships. This helps when customers ask about a specific antique or artifact when dining at a specific restaurant.

Unfortunately the Cracker Barrel Décor Center is not open to the general public.

However, motorcoach and group tours may be arranged with prior notice.

A visit to the Decor Center on your next Nashville tour will give you an entirely new appreciation of Cracker Barrel restaurants, and the vision of Dan Evins. www.crackerbarrel.com

Artifacts for a new Cracker Barrel are ready to ship. Below, artifacts are stored up to the ceiling.

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he eastern edge of Wisconsin is shoreline. Lake Michigan -- the only one of the Great Lakes we don’t share with Canada -- borders the state from top to bottom.

Up the shore, north past Milwaukee and Sheboygan, is a peninsula that stretches almost to Michigan. The water passage between these two states, at the tip of the peninsula, was named by the Indians: “Death’s Door.”

A sufficient number of nineteenth century seafarers died trying to navigate this treacherous passage to give the name credibility. The peninsula is named Door, as is the county that encompasses most of it.

About 30,000 people live up here. That number doubles in the summer with the influx of part-time residents along with the rest of us, as this is a serious tourist destination, but not a “touristy place.”

It has dozens of fine places to eat, but no McDonald’s or any plastic-roofed place to get food served through your car window. It has beautiful resorts, B&Bs and

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campgrounds. Dozens of wooded camp sites in the Peninsula State Park give true meaning to the word rustic.

As for local tastes: On the shelves of the Fish Creek Market, I saw smoked oysters, French Helix Snails and cherry brandy jelly, but no Spam.

They grow cherries and apples here along with cows and white tail deer. It would not be Wisconsin without them.

I visited a cherry orchard where you can pick your own. After the low branches are cleaned off by the public, the owner moves in with a mechanized tree shaker that drops the rest of the cherries into a big umbrella. The shaker has a downside as it shortens the life of the tree by about five years -- guess it’s worth it. With the cherries, they make everything from wine to salsa and sell it on site.

On the west side of the peninsula is Green Bay. A city at the south end of it has the same name, and the Packers, of

Beautiful resorts, B&Bs and campgrounds line the shoreline.

Photos courtesy Bill Graves.

course. The bay freezes solid in the winter -- thick enough to drive a car on -- while Lake Michigan is always open.

Fish shacks are hauled out on the ice in December, or whenever the ice is thick enough. The guys who fish covered with sun block a couple months before begin a new season wrapped in winter parkas, scarfs, and wearing snow boots. Same fish, different approach. The fishing hole he used to sit over in a boat, the fisherman now walks or drives to it.

Whitefish is king at a Fish Boil -something the Scandinavian settlers brought here 100 years ago.

About the author: After seeing much of the world as a career naval officer, Bill Graves decided, after he retired, to take a closer look at the United States. He has been roaming the country for 20 years, much of it in a motorhome with his dog Rusty. He lives in Rancho Palos Verdes, California and is the author of On the Back Roads, Discovering Small Towns of America. He can be reached at Roadscribe@aol.com.

Whitefish are the prime commercial catch here; it’s served in restaurants all over Door County. In the town of Fish Creek, The Cookery serves a whitefish chowder -- it’s excellent -- that Dick Skare, the owner, says is made from a secret recipe.

“When the chowder cook leaves,” Dick said, “we have to shoot him.” Before I could ask about kitchen-staff turn over, ideo for V k Dick’s daughter offered me some homec i l C made Oreo cookies and I forgot the question.

Whitefish is also king at a Fish Boil, something the Scandinavian settlers brought here 100 years ago. It’s done outdoors over a roaring wood fire. A couple minutes after dumping chunks of fish into the boiling pot -- red potatoes and onions Wooden Covered Bridge, Greenup, IL and the Stone Arch are already in there -- the master boiler Bridge, Marshall, IL are two of the 164 destinations you can find throws oil on the fire. Flames explode up as you travel the Historic National Road in Illinois! the sides of the pot. Instantly the water boils over and with it goes the fish oil.

Like us on FaceBook! www.nationalroad.org A Scandinavian trick for getting rid of the oil -- there’s probably an easier way, but the National Road Association of Illinois fish were delicious and it’s a great show.

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The Rebirth of Lincoln, Nebraska

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View of downtown Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Each year, football Saturday in Lincoln is a great spot to catch up with friends and warmly welcome visiting fans from across the country to Memorial Stadium.

incoln, Nebraska has earned a reputation as one of the Midwest’s most beloved cities. Home to fine culinary and artistic treasures; a budding live music scene; breathtaking parks, golf courses and trails; and a friendly Midwestern attitude, Lincoln offers the exhilaration of a big city and the serenity of the countryside all in one place.

Lincoln is host to many attractions and museums that capture the unique interests from all over the world and offers literally hundreds of choices for where to eat, sleep, work, shop, relax and play.

Over the past five years, Lincoln has undergone a multitude of projects and experienced a rebirth that has made it an ideal place, to not only live and work, but visit and hold events.

In just the downtown area alone, nearly $750 million in public and private projects has led the way for an expansion of the Historic Haymarket entertainment district, the construction of the 16,000 seat Pinnacle Bank Arena, and construction and revitalization of parks and civic areas available for use by events. These projects, in addition to the above mentioned reputation, provide visitors to the community expanded opportunities for entertainment, shopping and fitness in the core of the 34 • Byways

downtown area.

Lincoln continues to evolve into a culturally significant city with an emerging underground music scene, impressive public and private art collections, and awardwinning theatre entertainment. Time and time again, visitors frequently comment on the hospitality their groups receive in Lincoln.

Not only is the city welcoming to outside visitors but they feel as though the community truly appreciates them visiting. This hospitality, accompanied by low crime and minimal meeting costs, provides individuals and groups with a safe city to talk about with friends, family and business associates.

Lincoln offers large parks dedicated to putting you in touch with nature and little parks designed for helping you catch some air. There is water teeming with fish and there are wooded paths to stroll. One such destination is the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center which is an 850-acre tallgrass prairie nature preserve located 20 minutes southwest of Lincoln, Nebraska. Miles of walking trails, nearly 650 acres of native tallgrass prairie, ponds and wetlands, wildflowers and grasses, a diverse assortment of birds and other wildlife, historic nineteenth-century wagon ruts, peaceful surroundings, and beautiful

scenic vistas all can be found at Spring Creek Prairie.

Elsewhere in the county, you can spy the constellations or take to the ice rink in Lincoln’s Railyard district which transforms to a public skating rink surrounded by dining and snacks for the entire family Excitement is everywhere in Lincoln if you are interested in sports. Lincoln has successfully hosted many local, regional and national events.

In 2010, Lincoln hosted the USA National Games for Special Olympics and this past year, this community hosted the 2015 State Games of America with an excess of 20,000 athletes.

In January of 2016, Lincoln will host the NORCECA Women’s Olympic Volleyball Qualifier with the USA team hosting teams from Canada, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, which will certainly put the focus on Lincoln as an international destination. This international momentum will continue in the summer of 2016 when Lincoln hosts the World Ten Pin Bowling Championships at Sun Valley Lanes, a favorite hot spot for local bowling enthusiasts.

Lincoln is also home to Lincoln Stars Hockey and Lincoln Saltdogs Baseball as well as numerous youth organizations.

Join in experiencing the Huskers game day experience and see the march of the band down Stadium Drive to Memorial Stadium. Each year, football Saturday in Lincoln is a great spot to catch up with friends and warmly welcome visiting fans from across the country.

This welcome is so true of a visitor’s experience regardless of their team or background. With over 65 lodging facilities and over 5,000 hotel rooms, the city has opportunities for events of all sizes.

Lincoln is a remarkable city with a surprising variety of public art and international culture.

The Lied Center for the Performing Arts enters its 26th season offering the best of touring music, dance, theatre, symphony, comedy and

world-renowned artists of every discipline. Lincoln also hosts more than 50 galleries ranging from non-profit collectives to exclusive private collections. Enjoy new performance spaces such as Union Plaza (19th and P St) and Tower Plaza (13th and P St) featuring a lighted art glass tower by Omaha-based artist, Jun Kaneko.

Your Lincoln experience would not be complete without a visit to the Nebraska State Capitol building which is filled with art deco mosaics and architectural detail.

To learn more, visit Lincoln.org As you can see, Lincoln is a city on the move and offers something for everybody.

Lincoln’s Sheldon Museum of Art.

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Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center is an 850-acre tallgrass prairie nature preserve located 20 minutes southwest of Lincoln.

Lincoln is Alive with Thriving Music Scene One of life’s greatest pleasures is finding and enjoying great music. Discover authentic tunes every night in Lincoln, Nebraska. The nights have life here with boundary pushing bands and collaborative venues -- right in its backyard. Lovers of live music will enjoy the sweet sounds of funk, blues, rootsy, folk and hard rock from local musicians. Broadway or country music more your style? Lincoln has those too.

Come experience one of Lincoln’s many concerts or annual music festivals. Enjoy concerts in Lincoln’s outdoor amphitheater Pinewood Bowl or indoors at Pinnacle Bank Arena or Rococo Theatre. From Zoofest with amazing jazz to Celebrate Lincoln which is an eclectic mix of music, Lincoln has a festival for you.

Find out for yourself why people are talking about Lincoln’s underground music scene.

Escape to Lincoln for Interactive Experiences Test your deductive logic skills while working as a team in one of Lincoln’s new escape rooms. You have one hour to solve a mystery, save the world, or get out alive in one of these interactive activities. Lincoln has three different escape rooms across the city designed for the ultimate group experience. Don’t have a team?

Worry no more as you can join another team to save the day.

Escape rooms not your cup of tea? In Lincoln you can have many hands-on experiences ranging from glassblowing to creating your own paper; or go behind the scene at the Lincoln Children’s museum. Prefer to be out in nature? Head out to Spring Creek Prairie and Audubon Center, check-out a discovery pack and discover the “Prairie Through The Eyes” of an artist, bird watcher, botanist, burrowing animal, or a writer. If you can’t find something to do in Lincoln, you’re not looking hard enough.

Lincoln’s Live Music Scene.

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Kentucky’s Shaker Village The 1826 Turnpike, which runs through the center of Shaker Village, was a main source of commerce in its day. Byways photo.

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The Historic Centre is the jumping off point for exploring the pioneering spirit of the Shaker community. Byways photo.

haker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky is a land- ship of property. They began living together on the 140 mark destination that shares 3,000 acres of discov- acre farm of Elisha Thomas, whose lands formed the ery in the spirit of Kentucky Shakers. It offers 34 nucleus of the Pleasant Hill Shaker village. Additional original Shaker structures and the site is home to the converts and property were quickly added, with the comcountry’s largest collection of original 19th century munity occupying 4,369 acres.

Following a preservationist effort that began in 1961, buildings and is the largest Historic Landmark in the site was restored and has become a popular travel Kentucky. destination.

Shaker Village is located 25 miles southwest In recent years, Shaker Village has opened its doors to of Lexington, in Kentucky’s Bluegrass region. unprecedented change, with a new model that embraces three pillars rooted in time-honored Shaker legacies -- balanced preservation and conservation, engaged learning and The Dixie Belle departs from exploration, and warm, spirited hospitalShaker Landing. Photo courtesy ity.

Shaker Village.

The Shaker religious community was active from 1805 to 1910. The Kentucky Revival began in the late 1700s and continued into the early 19th century. A revival was characterized by large camp meetings, where ministers from various Protestant groups would preach for long periods, with music and dancing often adding to the emotional pitch of the congregation.

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Though the Kentucky Shakers were poor when they started out, they were skilled farmers who made the most of their property. Even the most skeptical observers saw that they prospered, in part because of the high quality of their products.

Another reason for their prosperity was their location, which was ideal for marketing their produce and home manufactures. By 1816, they regularly traveled the rivers to larger cities (some at great distances, such as New Orleans) to sell their wares.

The Pleasant Hill Shakers were also known for their labor-saving engineering accomplishments. They had a municipal water system well before some towns in their area. By 1825 they had pumps in their kitchens for the sisters' convenience (at a time when many farm wives had to carry water from a creek). Their mill had an elevator for moving grain to the upper floor, and they had a mechanical corn sheller.

From Poor to Prosperity

While members of Pleasant Hill were sympathetic to the Union, their Southern location made them the target of some neighbors and bands of extremists.

The Civil War depleted Pleasant Hill’s resources. The members of Pleasant Hill fed thousands of soldiers who came begging, particularly in the weeks surrounding the Battle of Perryville. Both armies “nearly ate them out of

The Beginning of the End

The Shaker Village Trustees House.

Photo courtesy Tom Allen.

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house and home.” They also lost manpower when some young Shaker brethren left to join the army.

More importantly, the social environment and cultural changes in the decades before and after the war made Shaker life less appealing for converts. During Reconstruction and later, few new converts joined the Shakers.

As membership declined, the Shakers began closing communities and consolidating Believers into the remaining villages. Pleasant Hill, which had once had almost five hundred members, dwindled away. By 1875, despite an influx of new members from Sweden, it had fewer than half that number. In 1900, only 34 remained.

The Pleasant Hill Shaker community was dissolved in 1910.

The Historic Centre is the jumping off point for exploring the pioneering spirit of the Shaker community that once called this place home. The Shakers embraced a kinship with the land and with each other, committing their lives to a higher calling and forging legacies that inspire today.

Long before the current farm-to-fork movement gained favor, the Shakers spent their days tending to

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The Trustees’ Table is a popular dining spot at Shaker Village. Byways photo.

thousands of acres of vegetables, fruit and livestock, then preparing wholesome feasts for nearly 500 community members. Today, the farm grows seasonal produce for The Trustees’ Table, just steps from the garden gate.

Steeped in tradition, the restaurant celebrates Shaker Village’s roots by featuring meals made of ingredients A view of a portion of Shaker Villages 3000 acres. Byways photo.

from the garden and local farmers. Dine on traditional favorites and Kentucky classics, such as fried chicken, corn pudding, tomato celery soup, cole slaw, corn sticks and Shaker lemon peel, served alongside dishes inspired by the season.

Visit the farm to discover organic gardening tips, fourlegged friends and barnyard adventures!

With more than 70 distinct guest rooms, suites and cottages, The Inn is much more than a traditional hotel. Guest rooms, suites and private cottages, each offering distinct character, are located in Shaker buildings along the tree-lined A room at the Inn. Byways photo.

Turnpike. Rooms are comfortably appointed with Shaker reproduction furniCruise through the Kentucky River Palisades aboard ture, original hardwood floors and countryside views.

Shaker Village’s 115-passenger riverboat. The Dixie Today Admission grants you full access to self-guided Belle departs from Shaker Landing, located approxiand staff-led tours, demonstrations, hands-on activities, mately 1.3 miles from Shaker Village’s main entrance. and more throughout The Historic Centre, The Farm and The Preserve. http://shakervillageky.org

Artists occupy some buildings during prime summer months. Byways photo.

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Chevrolet Corvette Stingray frames enter the assembly line at General Motors Bowling Green Corvette Assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Photo courtesy AJ Mast for Chevrolet.

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GM’s Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant Tour

t’s the only plant in the world where General Motors assembles its high powered Corvettes, and it’s open to the public for plant tours.

With the National Corvette Museum right next door, it’s no wonder that Corvette enthusiasts from around the world converge on Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Given today’s world of product secrecy and liability concerns, quality plant tours have faded from the travel landscape in recent years. Thankfully, GM still offers this unique tour.

But don’t plan to bring your cell phone or camera, leave them in your vehicle, you won’t be taking pictures or texting on this tour.

This tour was in the fall, before the new models were announced. But the Corvettes we saw coming off the line were next year’s models. Now you see why no cameras are allowed!

You can watch the fascinating assembly process of America’s favorite sports car on a one mile walking tour.

Witness an engineering marvel as the chassis and body come together in “marriage” and brand new Corvettes roll off the assembly line.

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Corvette Assembly operator installs a seat while assembling a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. Photo courtesy AJ Mast for Chevrolet.

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Assembly operator removes the engine bracket mount.

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Bowling Green in 1981, and the facility has remained the was born an icon. GM has exclusive home of the Corvette for over 30 years. continWhen the first Corvette rolled off the line over 60 years ago, it

ued this reputation for the car with six decades of refinement and innovation, raising the bar for performance cars with each generation.

Approximately 50,000 tourists from around the world visit the plant annually to catch a glimpse of the manufacturing process at Bowling Green Assembly.

In addition, the plant has partnered with the National Corvette Museum to enable Corvette enthusiasts the opportunity to watch their own Corvette being built, take

Robotic body transfer on the frame line in the Body Shop. Photo courtesy Joe Imel for Chevrolet.

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Assembly operators install the windshield while assembling.

Photo courtesy by AJ Mast for Chevrolet.

a personalized tour of the facility and special delivery of Both public and private tours are available, and it’s their car, and acquire an exclusive photo book to com- recommended that you register in advance for your tour memorate the manufacturing process and “birth” of their on-line before arriving at the plant.

Corvette. https://www.bowlinggreenassemblyplant.com General Motor’s Assembly plant is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky off I-65, about 2 hours south of Louisville and less than an hour from Nashville.

Vehicles to dealers nationwide. Photo courtesy Joe Imel for Chevrolet.

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