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Curios: Heaviest Wrestlers Went at it Hard

Hendersonville, North Carolina’s own Billy and Benny McCrary tipped the scales at a combined 1,500 pounds, and used that weight well in the realm of pro wrestling.

Curios: Lots of Trees = Lots of Tree Houses in WVA

Look up! There’s a new resort that’s ALL treehouses!

Of Science and ‘Spring Lizards’: The Joy of Salamanders

Jon Davenport is so enamored with the amphibians that he has his three daughters on a life quest to find a 10th species at their own house.

Wows and Donations from “Fantastic” Christmas Shows

The Glovers dazzle drive-through visitors with their annual Christmas Wonderlands.

The Stone Cutter’s Tools: A CCCer at Work in the ‘30s

Simple tools and simple times make for poignant memories on a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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“The World’s Heaviest Twins,” Billy and Benny McCrary, in their wrestling days used a move called the Steamroller. They are buried in their native Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Curios: Heaviest Wrestlers Went at it Hard

Hendersonville, North Carolina’s own Billy and Benny McCrary tipped the scales at a combined 1,500 pounds, and used that weight well in the realm of pro wrestling.
The Treehouses at Dawson Lake offer a focus on nature.

Curios: Lots of Trees = Lots of Tree Houses in WVA

Look up! There’s a new resort that’s ALL treehouses!
Jon Davenport: “I am kind of biased with salamanders. I mean, they are everywhere, but people just don’t realize how special it is to find one, and to see so many different ones, especially in the Appalachians.”

Of Science and ‘Spring Lizards’: The Joy of Salamanders

Jon Davenport is so enamored with the amphibians that he has his three daughters on a life quest to find a 10th species at their own house.
From left to right: Keith Glover, Mikki Glover Hale and Josh Glover. Collectively, they may well be the first family of outdoor Christmas displays.

Wows and Donations from “Fantastic” Christmas Shows

The Glovers dazzle drive-through visitors with their annual Christmas Wonderlands.
Condia Lynch was a prim soldier in World War I; thus by the time of his Civilian Conservation Corps service in the 1930s, he was older than most of the workers in the program.

The Stone Cutter’s Tools: A CCCer at Work in the ‘30s

Simple tools and simple times make for poignant memories on a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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