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Blue Ridge Parkway: An Immigrant’s Story

Here’s a story I never knew, until I started working on this article.

The Rock Guard Walls

Here’s a story I’d partly forgotten, until I started rereading what I’d written about the Blue Ridge Parkway for this magazine—and one that bears repeating.

Fall Fun on the Farm in 7 States

Build your autumn-leaves excursions around agri-visits this year. You might meet up with Hammy Wynette and Reba Bacontire.

Photo Essay: Ah, Fall is Back!

Temperatures cool. Colors sharpen. Trails beckon. Time to drink in the best of autumn with these great shots from our contributing photographers.

‘TAG’ Galyean’s Home-State Love

The acclaimed resort architect has brought his energy and vision to helping with the economic recovery of the Greenbrier Valley after the devastating 2016 flood.

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Of the U.S. 421 bridge near Boone, North Carolina, Frank Troitino said the rockwork was too uniform, and was not a parkway “old job. . . . not the way they taught us."

Blue Ridge Parkway: An Immigrant’s Story

Here’s a story I never knew, until I started working on this article.
Guard walls were taken apart and reinforced to meet federal highway safety standards.Vegetation is crawling across them now, making them look as though they’ve been there forever.

The Rock Guard Walls

Here’s a story I’d partly forgotten, until I started rereading what I’d written about the Blue Ridge Parkway for this magazine—and one that bears repeating.
Fall Fun on the Farm

Fall Fun on the Farm in 7 States

Build your autumn-leaves excursions around agri-visits this year. You might meet up with Hammy Wynette and Reba Bacontire.
The sun rises upon the red carpet at Dolly Sods Wilderness in West Virginia.

Photo Essay: Ah, Fall is Back!

Temperatures cool. Colors sharpen. Trails beckon. Time to drink in the best of autumn with these great shots from our contributing photographers.
TAG Galyean works at his TAG Studios, just across from Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg, West Virginia.

‘TAG’ Galyean’s Home-State Love

The acclaimed resort architect has brought his energy and vision to helping with the economic recovery of the Greenbrier Valley after the devastating 2016 flood.
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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
©Duncan Seaman
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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