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Woolyback Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway

Celebrating Fall in the Smokies

Our longtime contributing editor distills five decades of Smokies adventures into a best-of-autumn roundup only a true park regular could deliver.
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The Man Behind the Elk

Breaks Interstate Park Superintendent Austin Bradley helped reintroduce wild elk to Virginia and created tours that let visitors experience them up close and personal.
Willie and Nellie Dawahare stand outside the family’s first full-fledged department store in Neon, Kentucky.

The ‘Sticks’ Lesson of Sticking Together: An Appalachian Love Story

The Dawahare (pronounced DAW-hair) family has a quintessential American story worth knowing — and celebrating.
Danny McConnell is a huge fig fan, selling fig jam, fig pan pies and more.

The Fruits of His Labor

Danny McConnell grows figs and other unusual produce in the North Carolina mountains.
Children cool off on a hot summer day by jumping into the fish ladder of the weir dam on the Doe River just downstream of the Elizabethton Covered Bridge in Elizabethton, Tennessee.

Summer Splash: A Photo Essay

Our contributing photographers know where to get wet.

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