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Top 15 Delightful Towns for the Holidays

These towns roll out the full range of holiday events, displays, performances and more. As always, check ahead for new details as you plan your travels.

Good Corn, Clean Streams, Varied Forests

Trevor Saville has transformed the land his family has owned since the 1700s toward good stewardship both upon it and beyond.

Doggies in the Snow: A Photo Essay

Freezy-bark thanks to our readers for the great canine winter-fun photos, and our regrets for those we couldn’t fit in. Captions, edited for space and clarity, are from the owners.

Eliot Berz: Eye on the Sky, Foot in the Water

Berz keeps boyhood outside play alive by studying migratory birds while protecting a unique Tennessee river system.

Jonesboro Storytelling Turns 50

The Tennessee mountain town has become an international center for people and cultures telling what needs to be told.

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The sculpture of a craftsman gets a holiday treatment at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Top 15 Delightful Towns for the Holidays

These towns roll out the full range of holiday events, displays, performances and more. As always, check ahead for new details as you plan your travels.
Trevor Saville contrasts corn grown normally (left ear) with some grown in a sustainable fashion through his drip irrigation method (right ear).

Good Corn, Clean Streams, Varied Forests

Trevor Saville has transformed the land his family has owned since the 1700s toward good stewardship both upon it and beyond.
Skittles was my beloved therapy dog, bringing joy or comfort to whomever met her. She visited Hospice, the local hospital, nursing homes, and a summer camp for sick children. She died this past May.

Doggies in the Snow: A Photo Essay

Freezy-bark thanks to our readers for the great canine winter-fun photos, and our regrets for those we couldn’t fit in. Captions, edited for space and clarity, are from the owners.
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Eliot Berz: Eye on the Sky, Foot in the Water

Berz keeps boyhood outside play alive by studying migratory birds while protecting a unique Tennessee river system.
The “side-splitting nature” of Bil Lepp causes listener reactions like on these faces as they they laugh at one of his ridiculous and hilarious stories.

Jonesboro Storytelling Turns 50

The Tennessee mountain town has become an international center for people and cultures telling what needs to be told.
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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
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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

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