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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.
In recent years, round hay bales have replaced the old square ones.

Window to a Secret World

Cades Cove photos
The American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge.

8 Great Museums in East Tennessee

8 Great Museums in East Tennessee
The Upper Bald watershed is graced with subtle beauty, such as this white clintonia nestled among New York ferns.

Mountain Report: Walking in Wild Places

Deep in the Cherokee National Forest in east Tennessee lie more than 9,000 acres of towering poplars and oaks, mountain streams rushing headlong into waterfalls and the tiniest of wildflowers advertising nature's grandeur.
Crested iris. It blooms along streams and on hillsides in April and May.

A Garden Detour in Tennessee

Granted, the “riding” on the side of Lookout Mountain isn’t typical, especially in this neck of the woods.

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