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Country Roads: See the Otters at the Tennessee Aquarium’s Revamped Cove Forest Exhibit

Three river otters scamper in and out of their rocky den, nipping at each other’s cinnamon-colored fur. Soon, a tangle of tails, whiskers and paws is sliding on the slick rock as the playful mammals tussle like puppies and plop into a pool.

Book Review: “The Second Bud: Deserting the City for a Farm Winery,”

When a late frost kills that first, large grapevine bud in the spring, the second bud may in part redeem that season’s growth.

Country Roads: The Crack, the Counters, the Leaves No One Saw and the Golden Gate Bridge

It became official just about the time this magazine went to press: The Blue Ridge Parkway, long touted as the most-visited unit in the National Park system, lost its crown in 2013 – to San Francisco’s Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Country Roads: Science, Scenery and Cycling

“Otherworldly” is how cyclists describe the scenery at West Virginia’s Space Race Rumpus cycling festival June 13-16.

Country Roads: Pharsalia Estate Turns 200

Foxie Morgan has fond memories of growing up at Pharsalia, a private estate in Nelson County gifted to her great-great-grandfather William Massie 200 years ago.

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Country Roads: See the Otters at the Tennessee Aquarium’s Revamped Cove Forest Exhibit

Three river otters scamper in and out of their rocky den, nipping at each other’s cinnamon-colored fur. Soon, a tangle of tails, whiskers and paws is sliding on the slick rock as the playful mammals tussle like puppies and plop into a pool.
The Second Bud: Deserting the City for a Farm Winery,”

Book Review: “The Second Bud: Deserting the City for a Farm Winery,”

When a late frost kills that first, large grapevine bud in the spring, the second bud may in part redeem that season’s growth.
Blue Ridge Parkway

Country Roads: The Crack, the Counters, the Leaves No One Saw and the Golden Gate Bridge

It became official just about the time this magazine went to press: The Blue Ridge Parkway, long touted as the most-visited unit in the National Park system, lost its crown in 2013 – to San Francisco’s Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Taller than the Giza Pyramid, Green Bank Telescope serves as a landmark for Rumpus rides, and a focus for the science side of the weekend of races, rides, skill-building, music, local brews and starry science.

Country Roads: Science, Scenery and Cycling

“Otherworldly” is how cyclists describe the scenery at West Virginia’s Space Race Rumpus cycling festival June 13-16.
Interpreters show what 19th century life was like on the Pharsalia plantation.

Country Roads: Pharsalia Estate Turns 200

Foxie Morgan has fond memories of growing up at Pharsalia, a private estate in Nelson County gifted to her great-great-grandfather William Massie 200 years ago.
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Vibrant Monarch butterfly clings to its translucent dew covered cocoon
Creature Feature

Monarch Mimickers

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

August 26, 2026
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

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