Eufaula, Alabama was founded as a center of trade due to its presence on the Chattahoochee River and its rich soil. Prior to the civil war it was the major shipping and commercial center of the region. The legacy of that period is its 700 structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including its classic Carnegie Library with…...

Southwick, Massachusetts, is a rural, farming, business, and residential community with a population of about 9,500.  It is the southernmost town in western Massachusetts, approximately 10 miles from Springfield and 25 miles from Hartford, Connecticut.  It's close proximity to these cities has generated significant demand for new housing.  Southwick has an interesting history that dates back to the 17th century…...

Fairhope, Alabama is one of the most unusual (and nicest) retirement communities anywhere. It was founded by 28 settlers from Iowa in November, 1894 as a utopian single tax colony by the "Fairhope Industrial Association". Their purpose in founding a new colony was to establish and conduct a cooperative model community, free from all forms of private monopoly. The Fairhope…...

Negrepelisse is a small town of about 5,000 people in southern France. It is located in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne and the region Midi-Pyrenees. Formerly a bastion of Calvinism, the town was burned by Louis XIII in 1622....