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Are “Pandemic Refugees” Fleeing Big Cities for Mountain Towns?

Houses selling before the listing is fully public. People offering cash, and at $20,000 or $40,000 above the listing price. It’s crazy out there.

QUIZ: Test Your Mayberry Knowledge – The Answers

As Mayberry Days returns to Mt. Airy, North Carolina, here’s a chance to decide between what is there and what was in Mayberry.

QUIZ: Test Your Mayberry Knowledge

As Mayberry Days returns to Mt. Airy, North Carolina, here’s a chance to decide between what is there and what was in Mayberry.

Blue Highways to Fall Colors: Insider Tips on Great Fall Drives

Roads less traveled, where to find them and why they’re worth it.

West Virginia Backroads Ramble: A 160-mile, Two-day Nirvana

Yes, there are great leaf views along the way, and a great spot to watch the hawk migration as well.

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Sellers are reaping the rewards of a tight market. This western North Carolina house listed for $430,000 and sold for $448,000.

Are “Pandemic Refugees” Fleeing Big Cities for Mountain Towns?

Houses selling before the listing is fully public. People offering cash, and at $20,000 or $40,000 above the listing price. It’s crazy out there.
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QUIZ: Test Your Mayberry Knowledge – The Answers

As Mayberry Days returns to Mt. Airy, North Carolina, here’s a chance to decide between what is there and what was in Mayberry.
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QUIZ: Test Your Mayberry Knowledge

As Mayberry Days returns to Mt. Airy, North Carolina, here’s a chance to decide between what is there and what was in Mayberry.
Greg Abernathy’s “not too much of a plan” excursions have taken him to viewpoints such as this one along the Great Eastern Trail in Letcher County, Kentucky.

Blue Highways to Fall Colors: Insider Tips on Great Fall Drives

Roads less traveled, where to find them and why they’re worth it.
The Hanging Rock Observatory atop Peters Mountain has recorded up to 3,000 hawks and eagles on a fall migration day.

West Virginia Backroads Ramble: A 160-mile, Two-day Nirvana

Yes, there are great leaf views along the way, and a great spot to watch the hawk migration as well.
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Vibrant Monarch butterfly clings to its translucent dew covered cocoon
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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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