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The First Biltmore Christmas

George W. Vanderbilt III saw to every detail before welcoming family and friends to the 1895 holiday season. Alas, no known photographs of the celebrations survive.

Hand Made in the Mountains 2019

The beauty of the hand-crafted—of wood, glass, clay, metal, fabric or stone—is exceeded perhaps only by the sensory pleasure of holding the item in your hands.

Our Blue Ridge Towns: St. Paul, VA – A River Town on the Rise

“A Moving River Experience” is what St. Paul, Virginia, promises visitors. That . . . and a whole lot more.

The Good Walk: Berkley Springs, WVA – Waters, Wonders and Wanders

The town, in the state's panhandle, makes for great walking—into history, distinctive shopping and fine restaurants.

Virginia’s Belle Grove Plantation Barn Transformed

The bank barn at Virginia’s Belle Grove Plantation is now the Beverley B. Shoemaker Welcome Center.

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Biltmore 1895. George Vanderbilt hired architect Richard Morris Hunt and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted for this massive project. This image shows some of the construction shops located on what is today the Esplanade.

The First Biltmore Christmas

George W. Vanderbilt III saw to every detail before welcoming family and friends to the 1895 holiday season. Alas, no known photographs of the celebrations survive.
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Hand Made in the Mountains 2019

The beauty of the hand-crafted—of wood, glass, clay, metal, fabric or stone—is exceeded perhaps only by the sensory pleasure of holding the item in your hands.
Sugar Hill is the high point of the new Sugar Hill State Park.

Our Blue Ridge Towns: St. Paul, VA – A River Town on the Rise

“A Moving River Experience” is what St. Paul, Virginia, promises visitors. That . . . and a whole lot more.
Legend says that George Washington’s used this bathtub.

The Good Walk: Berkley Springs, WVA – Waters, Wonders and Wanders

The town, in the state's panhandle, makes for great walking—into history, distinctive shopping and fine restaurants.
The bank barn at Virginia’s Belle Grove Plantation is now the Beverley B. Shoemaker Welcome Center.

Virginia’s Belle Grove Plantation Barn Transformed

The bank barn at Virginia’s Belle Grove Plantation is now the Beverley B. Shoemaker Welcome Center.
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