Fun rides

Dolly got her start in theme-park entertainment in 1986, when she went into business with the Herschend brothers, Jack and Pete, buying a piece of their Pigeon Forge amusement park, Silver Dollar City, Tennessee. They renamed it Dollywood and, in time, turned it into a 60.7-hectare escape into backwoods nostalgia and Parton devotion. It boasts more than 40 rides and attractions, 30 dining spots, a bald eagle sanctuary and seven theatres.