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Heatless hybrid Felicity jalapenos set abundant long, tapering fruits.

Jalapeno Peppers: Pick a Peck – or More

With heat or without, they’re tasty, versatile and pretty easy to grow.
Golfers’ kids can help lead llamas around the course. Mark English, in cart, and Eric Henson, on foot.

Quiet Caddies

Big black eyes… long eyelashes… six feet tall… banana-shaped ears… weighs 375 pounds. Yes, that golf caddy isn't a young man – it's a llama.
The Estonoa wetland is covered with lilypads.

Tiny Lake, Big Save

A one-acre lake that had been tended to for more than a decade by a group of Virginia high school students was about to lose its caretakers when their school fell victim to consolidation.
A western Maryland newspaper perpetuated the hoax of the winged monster.

Mountain Monster: The Snallygaster

More than 100 years ago, this razor-beaked, lethal-clawed, high-screech creature roamed the western Maryland mountains. Or did it?
The former capitol of the Frog Level crossroads.

Frog Level Lives!

How would a town ever get that name? And why would people still be working hard to preserve its signature building?

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Knoxville Asian Festival, August 29-30,  Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Asian Culture Center of TN
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Fall 2026 Festivals & Events Guide

From the Virginias and the Carolinas to Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, our annual compendium is the perfect travel companion. Inside,

4th of July Parade & Festival, July 4, Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
Events

Summer 2026 Festivals & Events Guide

From the Virginias and the Carolinas to Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, our annual compendium is the perfect travel companion. Inside,

CALENDAR OF EVENTS