Dolly Parton Left One Secret Song the World Isn't Allowed to Hear for 20 Years

Dolly Parton passed away on August 25 at 80, but she left the world one more song. In 2015, Parton secretly wrote and recorded a track called "My Place in History," then sealed it inside a locked chestnut wood box known as the Dream Box, now on display behind glass at Dollywood's DreamMore Resort in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. She gave strict instructions that the box not be opened until January 19, 2046, what would have been her 100th birthday. Parton even included a CD player inside the box to make sure the song could still be played decades later. Only Dolly herself ever heard the finished song, and for the next two decades, that remains true. This is the story of the final message Dolly Parton left for a future she knew she might never see.