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Fall Colors: Explained

Color and foliage. Put them together and you have autumn. Combine them and you promote weekend excursions.

Wildflower Walks And Drives In The Smoky Mountains

The warm sun plays against the morning chill; that sort of sweet-and-sour effect that occurs only on a perfect spring morning.

Rivers, Romance and Lies

From fishing and boating to taking in tall tales, historic Jonesborough, Tenn. provides everything you need for an enchanting escape in the Blue Ridge region.

Milkshakes, Mansions & The Manhattan Project

Oak Ridge, TN area travel

If You Get Lost, Follow the Bluff

There are mysteries to discover in Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau: icyballs, waterfalls, cowardly pine trees, Mark Twain’s place of conception and a historical independent streak.

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As bright green chlorophyll disappears, we begin to see the yellows, oranges and reds of Fall.

Fall Colors: Explained

Color and foliage. Put them together and you have autumn. Combine them and you promote weekend excursions.
White Fringed Phacelia. They look like new-fallen snow along Porter's Creek.

Wildflower Walks And Drives In The Smoky Mountains

The warm sun plays against the morning chill; that sort of sweet-and-sour effect that occurs only on a perfect spring morning.
The Hawley House in Jonesborough, Tenn. was built in 1793 and is the oldest home in the state’s oldest town.

Rivers, Romance and Lies

From fishing and boating to taking in tall tales, historic Jonesborough, Tenn. provides everything you need for an enchanting escape in the Blue Ridge region.
Melton Hill Lake, in Oak Ridge, features a three-mile-long waterfront greenway for walkers, bikers and skaters; in the spring, rowing teams use the lake for practice and competition.

Milkshakes, Mansions & The Manhattan Project

Oak Ridge, TN area travel
Fall Creek Falls, plummeting 256 feet, is the namesake and centerpiece of the state park located on the Cumberland Plateau.

If You Get Lost, Follow the Bluff

There are mysteries to discover in Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau: icyballs, waterfalls, cowardly pine trees, Mark Twain’s place of conception and a historical independent streak.
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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
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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
Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

June 29, 2026

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