When Londoner Will Hyde took a road trip to explore the origins of country music in Tennessee in Virginia,

he was surprised how often he felt right at home.

When I went to this part of America, you find out that all these instruments have come from the British Isles and the

banjo has African American influences.

The historical aspect of this blew me away.

Travel writer Tony Horwitz takes us to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia to explore

territory that still feels inhabited by the Civil War. I'm not someone who believes

in ghosts, but on some of these battlefields and in some of these places you can feel the presence of the

1860s. It still feels haunted by John Brown.

And we'll celebrate the Appalachian Trail where anybody can enjoy getting a little muddy.

I encourage anybody of any age to do more than you think you can.

Hi, I'm Rick Steves.

Explore Appalachian Trails with us for music, civil war history, and the great

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If you travel the back roads up the Potomac River and into the Blue Ridge Mountains,

sometimes the scenery might trick you into thinking you're in the Appalachian frontier of the 19th century.

Coming up on today's travel with Rick Steeves,

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