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"Map dots matter -- that's the motto of a Kentucky group making sure every small town in the commonwealth gets a moment to shine.The MapDot Kentucky crew starts its day by unfolding a map and picking a dot.Mobile video\"I'm from a small town called Hickman, Kentucky. It's on the Mississippi River, population 2,000,\" said MapDot Kentucky creator Cory Ramsey.What started 10 years ago with pictures taken during hiking trips in Kentucky's small towns has quickly made Ramsey your travel agent to the middle of nowhere.Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Tourism blog | Ramsey website\"It's a Facebook page, MapDot Kentucky. It's an Instagram page, MapDot Kentucky. It's a Twitter page. It's a website where I post stories. I write for magazines, newspapers and give folks this feel that, 'Hey, small town Kentucky is alive and well,'\" Ramsey saidRamsey thinks the success he and his crew have found through the adventure is due in part to their passion and connection.He's been to all 120 Kentucky counties -- twice.\"Every town has a character and we had a guy in Hickman called 'Hadacall' because you had to call him something and that was his nickname,\" Ramsey said.He said people are driven to know more about the commonwealth than what Louisville, Lexington and the other \"big\" cities have to offer.\"We're Small Town U.S.A. We're Heartland. We're Mayberry. We're like Andy Griffith's show and so it really took off and struck a chord with folks,\" Ramsey said.That's what MapDot Kentucky is all about -- getting small towns noticed.\"We roll up into town and folks want to meet us. They say you need to eat here, you need to go there, you need to have this meal and they really direct our day more than anything else,\" Ramsey said.All four crew members have full-time jobs but road trip on the side.\"I bought this car brand-new in 2011 and it had 26 miles on it and now it's got 76,000 miles on it. All of them road miles,\" Ramsey said.The crew's dream is for their adventures to turn into a reality TV show.Until then, they'll keep paving the way for you to explore all the map dots Kentucky has to offer.\"You really have to get out there and plug it into the GPS and even the GPS throws its hand in the air and says, 'Man, I have no idea where we're going.' But that's where we're headed. We are headed where folks go just because they're going,\" Ramsey said."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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