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Nan Chase

The present-day cakewalk at Fries, Virginia, involves live music, a small donation and gleeful participants.

Curios: The Cakewalk – Sad Past, Glorious Present

A storied American custom built of pain lives on with joy.
Pumpkins are a major source of fall fun, but be sure to secure your supply of seeds well before the days before Thanksgiving.

The Pumpkin Chronicles

Wherein the family matriarch resorts to semi-extreme measures to have fall’s favorite snack on the Thanksgiving table.
Resoration of The Inn at Foster Falls is the result of years of research on its original construction to assure true-to-history reconstruction.

Along the New River: New Life for 1887 Building

Tiny Foster Falls, Virginia, regains some of its old luster with a new inn.
The Blowing Rock Library is in many ways a museum of libraries past as well as a functioning library.

100-Year Anniversary: Low-Tech Library Celebrates

The Blowing Rock, North Carolina, library’s card catalogue is intact.
An aging 1895 City Hall also held an opera house.

The Upside of Everything: ‘The Old Jewish Church’

An old Virginia coal town yields new gems.
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Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

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

April 12, 2018

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