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Dive into the debate over Tennessee's top attractions, from the iconic Great Smoky Mountain National Park to the surprising favorite, Dollywood.

Triangle residents who are fans of thrills and themed attractions dont have to travel far to experience some of the best.

An American legend and perhaps one of the nicest people on the planet, she's talented and more, but what is the Dolly Parton net worth?

On July 16, 1986, Dolly Parton opened her theme park, Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

On July 16, 1986, Dolly Parton opened her theme park, Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

John Fox and his wife, Ruby, returned to his hometown, Sevierville, in the mid-1970s with the idea of retiring. Soon after they moved the fun-loving, talkative couple couldn’t walk a

Dolly Parton is giving Dollywood a makeover and it's a big one.

Thirty-five years ago today, on July 16, 1986, Dolly Parton opened her theme park, Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Dollywood began as Rebel Railroad, a small tourist attraction, in the early 1960s. The Civil War-themed attraction morphed into Goldrush Junction, then Goldrush, as it changed owners, before becoming the popular Silver Dollar City Tennessee in 1977. In 1986, Parton bought into the theme park, in an attempt to increase employment for her family and fellow East Tennessee natives. ...

Dolly Partons song catalog includes thousands of songs, including at least one fans wont get to hear until 2045. The unreleased, unheard track lives in a locked box at Dollywoods DreamMore Resort, to be shared 30 years after the resorts Summer 2015 opening. In her new book  Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, Parton shares that someone on her team dreamed up the idea of the song vault as an intriguing marketing idea. They specifically asked that she write a song to put in the locked box — created...