Anna Laman

Adult coloring books, initially considered a curious fad when they started appearing a few years ago, have suddenly turned into a popular pasttime for creatives of all ages.

The story of the first Coca-Cola mural is a testament to longevity: a beverage that's been around for 130 years, a drugstore that's been in operation for 122 years, and a man who had the same job for a half-century.

The Oriole Mill is built on a love story, a quest for perfection, and the revival of a dying industry.

Every year around this time, Kirsten Stimmel, who spends most of her days as a member of the Coca-Cola Global Assets Team, packs up her car with dozens of glittering high-heel shoes and drives to New Orleans to play an entirely different role: a muse.

Many people doubted that a late-night cookie baking and delivery service would make a successful business. But Appalachia Cookie Company in Boone, NC, is less than a year old and already growing by leaps and bounds.

The Dickenson brothers paired up with family friends, the Guthy's, to build Wicked Weed Brewery – a business that arrived on the Asheville scene under two years ago and is already ready to expand.

A food activist launches a grocery store that's obsessed with local and battling the big, corporate chains.

In the spirit of Halloween, this round-up presents a handful of creepy abandoned sites, from Alaska to NYC.

The owner of Farm to Home Milk built his business as a meditation, a lifestyle, and a way to practice the teachings on Zen.

Julie Jensen escaped the rat race in Washington D.C. to experiment in sustainability at EchoView Farm & Fiber Mill in rural North Carolina.

How tiny, take-a-book-return-a-book libraries are fighting illiteracy and crime while bringing together neighborhoods and communities.

Trading cash for used goods at someone's home is trendy thanks to social media and current interior design styles.

The founder of a cardboard furniture company doubles his Kickstarter goal with a creative cardboard standing desk design.

“I think people need to get better at utilizing their hands and the physical tools in front of them instead of retreating to a computer,” says Travis W. Simon.

Michelle Peluso says the Coca-Cola Scholars program helped put her on a path to business success and continues to inspire her work.