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For the Love of the Chinquapin

Learn more about how Paula Corbin Kahn creates unique jewelry pieces with chinquapins.
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Camera Museum Has Hopes for New Site

David Schwartz operates the Camera Heritage Museum, a fixture in downtown Staunton, Virginia.
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Three Billboards and a Tie to WNC

Downtown Sylva, North Carolina, is home to several buildings that served as settings in the movie “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
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Bush’s Beans: The History and the Fun

Beans are the star of the show at the A.J. Bush & Company General Store in Chestnut Hill, Tennessee.
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Christ in the Smokies: Heavenly Intervention?

Mark Pedro believes in miracles, divine intervention—and even the second coming of Jesus Christ in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

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Vibrant Monarch butterfly clings to its translucent dew covered cocoon
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Monarch Mimickers

It’s easy to mistake other orange species for the king of fall butterflies.

At Coopers Rock State Forest, new Stargazer cabins invite guests to look up through skylights and telescopes.
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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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A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

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

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