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Pulling Their Weight: An Up-Close Look at Horse-Powered Logging

Click here to see the effort required to get a pair of horses to pull a giant poplar butt log containing almost 700 board feet of lumber off the mountainside.

The Lake Lure Flowering Bridge Comes to Life

Click here to see the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge come to life right before your eyes.

Zipping along in Seven Devils, N.C.

Check out this fun video tour of the ziplines located at Hawksnest, home of the longest zip line tour on the east coast.

More Info About Radford University’s Floyd County, Va. Oral History Project

25 Gen-X and Gen-Y People Making a Difference

If you enjoyed Cara Modisett's July/August 2013 story about 25 Gen-X and Gen-Yers changing the mountains for the better, here are even more interviews and content we didn't have room to bring you in the magazine!

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Pulling Their Weight: An Up-Close Look at Horse-Powered Logging

Click here to see the effort required to get a pair of horses to pull a giant poplar butt log containing almost 700 board feet of lumber off the mountainside.

The Lake Lure Flowering Bridge Comes to Life

Click here to see the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge come to life right before your eyes.

Zipping along in Seven Devils, N.C.

Check out this fun video tour of the ziplines located at Hawksnest, home of the longest zip line tour on the east coast.

More Info About Radford University’s Floyd County, Va. Oral History Project

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25 Gen-X and Gen-Y People Making a Difference

If you enjoyed Cara Modisett's July/August 2013 story about 25 Gen-X and Gen-Yers changing the mountains for the better, here are even more interviews and content we didn't have room to bring you in the magazine!
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At Coopers Rock State Forest, new Stargazer cabins invite guests to look up through skylights and telescopes.
Country Roads

Even Closer to Almost Heaven

New Stargazer cabins at Coopers Rock State Forest offer a skyward escape in the mountains of West Virginia.

June 29, 2026
©Duncan Seaman
Country Roads

A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

Visitors flock to Galax, Virginia, each summer for the Old Fiddlers’ Convention, a days-long celebration of Appalachian music.

June 29, 2026
Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

June 29, 2026

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