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A Family’s Favorite National Park

If there’s a thread of experiential connection in my family, it is certainly walks, now over parts of nine decades, in the National Park you hike— the Appalachian Trail.
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Our Favorite Facebook Photos: 6/17/16

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Seeing Southern: My Moment with Dolly Parton

As Southern as jonquils, banana pudding, magnolias and boiled peanuts, Dolly Parton oozes charm, hospitality and poofy hair. Under studio lighting, she shines brightly. However, she really doesn't need help with brightness.
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Our Favorite Facebook Photos: 6/10/16

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Crooked Road’s 2nd Mountains of Music Homecoming

On Friday, June 10, the Mountains of Music Homecoming will light up stages across The Crooked Road, Southwest Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail.

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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.

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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.

Synchronous Fireflies
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The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

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