Appalachia
United States of America
Appalachia has 165 documented cultural connections to places around the world. Below are 12 of the most distinctive.
American folk music revival
Connects Appalachia to: Greenwich Village
Snake handling in Christianity
Connects Appalachia to: Jolo, West Virginia
Southern literature
Connects Appalachia to: Wildwood, Georgia
backcountry
Connects Appalachia to: San Diego County, California | Central Idaho
George Caleb Bingham
Connects Appalachia to: Boonville, Missouri | Arrow Rock, Missouri
New River Gorge Bridge
Connects Appalachia to: West Virginia | Fayetteville, West Virginia
Cherokee–American wars
Connects Appalachia to: Chattanooga, Tennessee | Sale Creek, Tennessee
Pi Beta Phi
Connects Appalachia to: Gatlinburg, Tennessee | Monmouth, Illinois
Suttree
Connects Appalachia to: Knoxville, Tennessee | Bryson City, North Carolina
Emma Bell Miles
Connects Appalachia to: Red Bank, Tennessee | Rabbit Hash, Kentucky
rhoticity in English
Connects Appalachia to: New England | Cork (city), Ireland
Pigeon River (Tennessee – North Carolina)
Connects Appalachia to: Newport, Tennessee | Del Rio, Tennessee