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Insider’s Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Our contributing editor, a chronic visitor to the park for five decades, offers her insights and tips for a celebration visit.

Shooting the Moon

No, it’s not the total solar eclipse coming to some parts of the country in April, but our determined writer/photographer is back with a magical look at a lunar eclipse in eastern Tennessee.

The Perfect Medicine

Sometimes it’s the simplest, coldest dose.

Beavers at Bays Mountain

Kingsport, Tennessee’s city-run park has served as an ideal setting for North America’s largest rodent to work and thrive.

When a Place Chooses You: Making Black Mountain, North Carolina, Home

How a small town named after the East’s tallest mountains outsmarted a couple on the search for a larger community.

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Ben Morton Overlook is the best spot for perfect sunsets.

Insider’s Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Our contributing editor, a chronic visitor to the park for five decades, offers her insights and tips for a celebration visit.
The total eclipsed moon sets behind the Holston Mountain fire tower in Carter County.

Shooting the Moon

No, it’s not the total solar eclipse coming to some parts of the country in April, but our determined writer/photographer is back with a magical look at a lunar eclipse in eastern Tennessee.
Dr. T. Keith Edwards, now 95, wrote the magic prescription for a 5-year-old in 1957.

The Perfect Medicine

Sometimes it’s the simplest, coldest dose.
A juvenile beaver eats the flower from the spatterdock (cow lily) that grows in the lake.

Beavers at Bays Mountain

Kingsport, Tennessee’s city-run park has served as an ideal setting for North America’s largest rodent to work and thrive.
State Street is the main street of Black Mountain.

When a Place Chooses You: Making Black Mountain, North Carolina, Home

How a small town named after the East’s tallest mountains outsmarted a couple on the search for a larger community.
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Knoxville Asian Festival, August 29-30,  Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Asian Culture Center of TN
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Fall 2026 Festivals & Events Guide

From the Virginias and the Carolinas to Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, our annual compendium is the perfect travel companion. Inside,

April 20, 2026
4th of July Parade & Festival, July 4, Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
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Summer 2026 Festivals & Events Guide

From the Virginias and the Carolinas to Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, our annual compendium is the perfect travel companion. Inside,

April 20, 2026

CALENDAR OF EVENTS