It's not just a pod. It's an elephant.

For 165 years, the tallest peak in the South's busiest national park bore a Confederate general's name. Then came rematriation.

After coming home to North Carolina, a fishing guide finds the rivers hadn't gone anywhere. But getting to them was another matter.

In the Gulf, a subtle dolphin innovation suggests a better way for the planet.

A bridge above the ghosts

Hal Herring is writing the book on America's public lands. He had to leave the South to find them — but the region never stopped shaping what he fights for.