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Titanic at Biltmore and in Legos

You've never seen Titanic like this - in fashion and Legos!
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Largest North Carolina Public Telescope Peers into Mountain Skies

A custom-built StarStructure Newtonian telescope has opened Mayland Community College’s Earth to Sky Park in Burnsville, North Carolina.
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‘Waltons’ Legacy Continues: Hamner House Opens for Tours

Earl Hamner Jr’s boyhood home, to the cheers of Walton-Hamner fans worldwide, is now open daily for tours.
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North Carolina Teen On the Rise

There’s a rising star on the old time traditional music scene.
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Anakeesta: New Smokies Family Destination

You can zip through the trees and even walk among the treetop canopy at Anakeesta, a new family destination in downtown 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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