Billy Ray, the father of Dolly’s goddaughter Miley, had decades of memories with her, but one of their final private exchanges now carries a completely different weight.

Decades after those childhood performances, Parton returned to the porch with the guitar that had become one of the defining symbols of her career — a striking contrast between the star she became and the humble setting where her musical ambitions began. | Source: Getty Images
Decades after those childhood performances, Parton returned to the porch with the guitar that had become one of the defining symbols of her career — a striking contrast between the star she became and the humble setting where her musical ambitions began. | Source: Getty ImagesOnline Image Galleries

Away from Tennessee, Dolly also quietly kept a more unexpected retreat. A New York Post report revealed that she purchased a modest 1920s triplex farmhouse in Solvang, California — often dubbed the “Danish capital of America” — through Dolly Parton Enterprises in 2004 and used it as a private weekend getaway for nearly a decade before selling it.

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