The Road to Somewhere Else: Highway 127 & The World's Longest Yard Sale

The World's Longest Yard Sale began in Fentress County, Tennessee as a way to get travelers and tourists off the interstate and onto the back roads. It was supposed to be a way to recharge a failing, local economy. No one anticipated that, a few years later, the four-day sale would stretch through 700 miles of American asphalt - all along a single highway, between Alabama and Michigan. Here's the story of how one person's good intention may have backfired in a small, southern town.