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Holy Smoke

It’s hot and miserable in the summer and freezing in the winter. It’s greasy and dirty all the time, and you’ve got ashes and soot all over you.” Such is the life of the barbecue pitmaster, in the words of Keith Allen, owner of Allen

Discovering Big South Fork

A unique combination of national river and national recreation area preserves a section of the Cumberland Plateau west of the Blue Ridge...

A Mad Scientist’s Back Yard

Every day Jose Santamaria, the director of Tellus: Northwest Georgia Science Museum, comes into work, he is amazed by the way the museum is taking shape.

A Century in the Life of the Forest

The National Forest Service has celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2005. Writer and naturalist Liza Field takes a walk through its past and speaks up for its future.

Stones That Sing

Carilloneur David Breneman Rings the Bells in Luray, Va.

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BUY THE BOOK: “Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue: The Definitive Guide to the People, Recipes, and Lore,” by John Shelton Reed & Dale Volberg Reed with William McKinney. Copyright 2008, the University of North Carolina Press. 328 pages. Cloth, $30. NCBBQBook.com, 919-966-3561.

Holy Smoke

It’s hot and miserable in the summer and freezing in the winter. It’s greasy and dirty all the time, and you’ve got ashes and soot all over you.” Such is the life of the barbecue pitmaster, in the words of Keith Allen, owner of Allen & Son Restaurant
It's one of several spectacular Pennsylvanian sandstone formations in Big South Fork.

Discovering Big South Fork

A unique combination of national river and national recreation area preserves a section of the Cumberland Plateau west of the Blue Ridge...
Tellus: Northwest Georgia Science Museum opened in spring 2009.

A Mad Scientist’s Back Yard

Every day Jose Santamaria, the director of Tellus: Northwest Georgia Science Museum, comes into work, he is amazed by the way the museum is taking shape.
AUTUMN TRAIL. The bridge is along Hurricane Knob Trail in Virginia's Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area.

A Century in the Life of the Forest

The National Forest Service has celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2005. Writer and naturalist Liza Field takes a walk through its past and speaks up for its future.
David Breneman gives weekly concerts during warm weather at the Luray Singing Tower, home to 35,000 pounds of bells.

Stones That Sing

Carilloneur David Breneman Rings the Bells in Luray, Va.
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Knoxville Asian Festival, August 29-30,  Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Asian Culture Center of TN
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