February 3, 2021

The GEICO gecko was the star of an ad that played on the two-state nature of Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia’s State Street, the center of which is the border between the two states.

Curios: Where Blue Ridge States Interlock

A Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia, cemetery may present the ultimate in knitted-together states: Legend has it that some are buried with their heads in Virginia and their feet in Tennessee.
“The World’s Heaviest Twins,” Billy and Benny McCrary, in their wrestling days used a move called the Steamroller. They are buried in their native Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Curios: Heaviest Wrestlers Went at it Hard

Hendersonville, North Carolina’s own Billy and Benny McCrary tipped the scales at a combined 1,500 pounds, and used that weight well in the realm of pro wrestling.
The Treehouses at Dawson Lake offer a focus on nature.

Curios: Lots of Trees = Lots of Tree Houses in WVA

Look up! There’s a new resort that’s ALL treehouses!

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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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