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Video Preview: Virginia Highlands Festival

The long-running Virginia Highlands Festival returns to Abingdon, Va. on Aug. 1-10. Click here for a look at the 2013 Dance Walk!

Video Preview: MerleFest

Click for a look back at Wilkesboro, N.C.’s most beloved music festival, MerleFest, coming up on April 24-27.

Video Preview: Bridge Day 2014

Click for highlights from Bridge Day 2013, coming up again in 2014 on Oct. 18.

Video Preview: Lewisburg, W.Va. Chocolate Festival

Click for a preview of the Lewisburg, W.Va. Chocolate Festival, coming up on April 12.

Video Preview: Fork and Cork 2014

Click for a preview of Blacksburg, Va.’s 2014 Fork and Cork Festival, coming up on May 3.

Current Issue

Video Preview: Virginia Highlands Festival

The long-running Virginia Highlands Festival returns to Abingdon, Va. on Aug. 1-10. Click here for a look at the 2013 Dance Walk!

Video Preview: MerleFest

Click for a look back at Wilkesboro, N.C.’s most beloved music festival, MerleFest, coming up on April 24-27.

Video Preview: Bridge Day 2014

Click for highlights from Bridge Day 2013, coming up again in 2014 on Oct. 18.

Video Preview: Lewisburg, W.Va. Chocolate Festival

Click for a preview of the Lewisburg, W.Va. Chocolate Festival, coming up on April 12.

Video Preview: Fork and Cork 2014

Click for a preview of Blacksburg, Va.’s 2014 Fork and Cork Festival, coming up on May 3.
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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
Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

June 29, 2026

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