August 2012

Melton Hill Lake, in Oak Ridge, features a three-mile-long waterfront greenway for walkers, bikers and skaters; in the spring, rowing teams use the lake for practice and competition.

Milkshakes, Mansions & The Manhattan Project

Oak Ridge, TN area travel
Cara Ellen Modisett

Synchronicity

“I just love this story!” Elizabeth Hunter told me back in December. She proceeded to read probably half of it to me over the phone, taking me with her to Gray, Tennessee and the fossil site there...
Fall Creek Falls, plummeting 256 feet, is the namesake and centerpiece of the state park located on the Cumberland Plateau.

If You Get Lost, Follow the Bluff

There are mysteries to discover in Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau: icyballs, waterfalls, cowardly pine trees, Mark Twain’s place of conception and a historical independent streak.
Art Menius

Art Menius

Art Menius, director of Appalshop in Whitesburg, Ky., was marketing and sponsorship director for N.C.’s MerleFest for 10 years. His career spans music, writing and research...
In recent years, round hay bales have replaced the old square ones.

Window to a Secret World

Cades Cove photos

Departments

Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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