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Canaan Resort: New Lodge, Family Cabins

The high-plateau West Virginia resort, with 32,000 acres, is full of great things to do before you sleep. Online extras: Video Slideshows of Two Great Hikes in the Canaan Valley!

Photo Essay: Magic Mountain Skies

Click here for even more beautiful photos from Robert Stephen's July/August 2014 photo essay!

Bringing Mabry Mill Back to Life

The iconic mill on the 469-mile blue ridge parkway had fallen victim to harsh weather, time and lack of funding. To the rescue this spring came two parkway artisans and $65,000 in foundation support. Online extras - see even more photos!

Dolly Sods and Much More: West Virginia’s Potomac Highlands

Online Extras: Take a flight over the Potomac Highlands with Just Plane Adventures, see the Blackwater Falls, visit the Beverly, WVA Heritage Center and hear the falls of Hills Creek!

Exotic Blue Ridge: Private Zoos Adapt to the Mountains

Keeping animals native to other continents is a challenge in the southern mountains. Your ostriches can disappear under the snow; your female monkeys can throw poop, and nearly every creature is threatened by a native one, either large or tiny.

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Resort rooms are all redone, with sitting rooms included.

Canaan Resort: New Lodge, Family Cabins

The high-plateau West Virginia resort, with 32,000 acres, is full of great things to do before you sleep. Online extras: Video Slideshows of Two Great Hikes in the Canaan Valley!
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Photo Essay: Magic Mountain Skies

Click here for even more beautiful photos from Robert Stephen's July/August 2014 photo essay!
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Bringing Mabry Mill Back to Life

The iconic mill on the 469-mile blue ridge parkway had fallen victim to harsh weather, time and lack of funding. To the rescue this spring came two parkway artisans and $65,000 in foundation support. Online extras - see even more photos!
Pilot Mitch Pennington is with Just Plane Adventures.

Dolly Sods and Much More: West Virginia’s Potomac Highlands

Online Extras: Take a flight over the Potomac Highlands with Just Plane Adventures, see the Blackwater Falls, visit the Beverly, WVA Heritage Center and hear the falls of Hills Creek!
Lost World llamas greet visitors with curiosity.

Exotic Blue Ridge: Private Zoos Adapt to the Mountains

Keeping animals native to other continents is a challenge in the southern mountains. Your ostriches can disappear under the snow; your female monkeys can throw poop, and nearly every creature is threatened by a native one, either large or tiny.
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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.

June 29, 2026
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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.

June 29, 2026
Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

June 29, 2026

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