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...

Many readers are familiar with quirky festivals involving possums, woolly worms and roadkill. With more than 30 nominees in the “Favorite Quirky Festival” category, a few more bizarre – though perhaps less well known – events stood out.

Our readers voted the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tenn., as best museum, but among the many suggestions were some intriguing destinations,