Sometimes we forget that land has a history, and its history is often in how it affects the people who live there, who work there, and who now visit. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited National Park in the nation. People come from all over the east coast, and beyond, to visit the majestic mountains with the fog shrouded peaks within the Appalachian Mountain Range, for all sort of purposes. Many come to camp. Many come to view the scenery. Others come to learn about the Indian and Appalachian culture that has been culled within the range and valley floors of this land.

If you told most visitors to Florida that the oldest town in the United States did not reside in New England or Virginia, they wouldn't have a clue to what city your were talking about. And if you mentioned to your kids that only a generation ago, a visit to this town just had to be included on their visit to Florida, right up there with the Everglades, Miami, Cape Canaveral, and Cypress Gardens, they'd think you were nuts. What no mouse! Well, it's all true, and a visit to Florida still should include St. Augustine, the oldest city in the nation since its founding by the Spanish in 1565.