Travelling around the Blue Ridge

Scenes Worth a Voyage

A canoe trip on the Potomac means beautiful scenery, impressive fishing, lots of birding and overnight stops on land from campsites to B&Bs.

"There he is, there he is!" shouted James Apperson. "Do you see him?" The unmistakable white head of a mature bald eagle glistened as the raptor flew over and then upstream from us before alighting in a shoreline sycamore. The eagle became bird species number 48 of the 51 I either saw or heard on my most recent summertime canoe trip down the upper Potomac in West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia.

New Memories in Mayberry

As "The Andy Griffith Show" turns 50, a new museum opens in Mount Airy, N.C.

It's big, as Barney Fife would say – really big: Mount Airy, N.C. , is celebrating 50 years of "The Andy Griffith Show" with a new museum.

Trains, Tulips and 19th-Century Tea

Huntsville, Ala.

Friday: From Trains to Tulips. Andy Barker, the robotic ticket agent, fills you in on Alabama’s railroad history at the Huntsville Depot. The site, where visitors can tour locomotives and view graffiti written by Civil War soldiers, is...

Railroads, Rails-to-Trails and Walking Tours

Cumberland, MD

Friday: Shop 'Til You Drop. Spend a little or spend, well, a little more. Whatever your pleasure, stroll along Baltimore Street – a pedestrian-only town center – for antiques, clothing, collectibles and sweet treats. Pop in Meg Romero St...

Scenic Lakes, Collard Greens and Regional Wines

Pickens, S.C.

Friday: History Lesson. Start the day at the Hagood-Mauldin House and Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts, built in 1856 by James Hagood, an attorney in the old town of Pickens, then dismantled and moved to its downtown site in 1868. Inside a...

Hatfields, McCoys and Confederates

Pike County, Kentucky

Friday: Cultural Offerings. Learn all about the Big Sandy Valley at the Big Sandy Heritage Center – "exhibits include Native American, pioneers, coal mining, Civil War, a tool collection and political corner,” says curator Everett...

Off-Road Hikes

It was a gorgeous early spring day, oh so many years ago, when I decided to take a break while driving from eastern Virginia to West Virginia. I exited I-64 and drove southward on the Blue Ridge Parkway, feeling myself relax as the two-lane highway w...

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