The South Fork artists' colony is as important an episode of American art as those of Taos, N.

WSJ: Free of the Mainstream | Yale University Art Gallery | Parrish Art Museum | By Eric Gibson

Just off the turning basin is the South Fork, also called Bubbly Creek, where the Union Stock Yards dumped its offal.

FORBES: A most unromantic river

And in 1997, the guide awarded three stars to the country bumpkin of haute cuisine, Michel Bras, who among other things encourages guests at his remote restaurant in south-western France to use the same knife and fork throughout the meal.

ECONOMIST: The Michelin Guide