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Winchester Creek Farm in Waynesville, North Carolina, offers interactive tours and alpaca yoga classes.

Best Places for an Agri-Visit

Our readers love taking trips to their favorite farms and orchards. Here are just a handful of their top agricultural adventure picks.
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Skywatch July & August: Summer’s Big Five

If you know just five stars—the brightest five—then you are already on your way to knowing the summer sky.
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New 12.5-Mile Trail Links Bristol, Virginia and Mendota, Virginia.

The Mendota Trail has more than a dozen trestles over its 12.5-mile length.
A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller. Minotaur Books, 2012. 364pp.

Book Note: A Killing in the Hills

Here’s the best thing about Julia Keller’s “A Killing in the Hills”: After you read it, there are seven more novels waiting in the series.
Resoration of The Inn at Foster Falls is the result of years of research on its original construction to assure true-to-history reconstruction.

Along the New River: New Life for 1887 Building

Tiny Foster Falls, Virginia, regains some of its old luster with a new inn.

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Smith Mountain Lake Virginia is a hidden gem within the Blue Ridge Mountains. This beautiful area features boating, sailing, hiking, shopping, fishing, and much more.
From The Editor

Sarah Smiles: The Lake Effect

Growing up, many of my weekends were spent at my late step-grandmother’s house on Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia.

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