In its earliest years, Pigeon Forge was a small, unincorporated rural community. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park changed that. Then, Dollywood changed it again. Dollywood celebrates its 40th ...

Not Mickey Mouse, not Harry Potter, not those cute big-eyed Minions, not even all of Disney's princesses can beat Dolly Parton. The Dollywood founder outshines them all, making her eponymous theme ...

Hurricane Helene could not stop Dollywood’s Harvest Festival. The theme park is open and welcoming guests, but with some roads along the typical route to Dollywood closed, how are eager fans supposed ...

From innovative rides to grand new Pigeon Forge resorts, Dollywood leaders are putting wings to Dolly Parton’s vision for the future.

Mermaids, pirates and Dolly Parton all help to make East Tennessee one of the top destinations in the country. Four Pigeon Forge attractions received best of the year honors in the first batch of USA ...

Dolly Parton’s theme park was a bucket list item for Zoe Ballesteros. So when the California resident started planning a trip to Philadelphia to see Arsenal play this week, she added a stop in ...

All year long in 2025, Dollywood is celebrating 40 years of fulfilling Dolly Parton’s dream of honoring the place and the people who shaped her. Over the decades, that dream has spread across Pigeon ...

We’re putting two of the most popular theme parks to the test. Here’s how cost, rides, food, resorts and more stack up ...

Dolly Parton’s dream was to create something in Sevier County that would make her parents and hometown community proud. That dream has expanded beyond Dollywood Parks and Resorts in Pigeon Forge to ...