Travel
The honeymoon period seemed over for Pennsylvania’s ‘love motels’ — until a new generation fell for their kitschy charms online. Viral snaps of heart-shaped baths and champagne glass whirlpool baths have reignited a modern romance with the retro land of love, offering a lifeline to its endangered couples-only resorts.
10-page story on Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains: Rising along the eastern flank of Tennessee, the Great Smoky Mountains are known for their hiking trails, waterfalls and wild bears – this is, after all, the most naturally biodiverse pocket in the US. But a road trip through its old-growth forests reveals a more humane story. Here, tight-knit communities are preserving ancient Appalachian crafts and traditions, from pottery and broom carving to folk dancing, all alongside some of America’s most bombastic resort towns.