With those characteristics in mind, we asked a few real estate experts to share their picks for the best small towns to live in the U.S. right now. Phoenixville, Pennsylvania ...

Brant Bollman doesn’t just make puppets — he brings larger-than-life creatures to small-town Iowa. Bollman, who serves as the director of theater arts at William Penn University, is also the ...

Recently named by GoBankingRates as the best small town to retire in, Maplewood, Missouri, bats above average in a few categories—namely, cost of living, livability, and crime rate.