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Brasstown Bald’s name comes from Cherokee for “a place of fresh green.”

7 Driveable Peaks for Fall

The names of these driveable peaks are as compelling as the visits.
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Rockbridge County’s Scenic Highways and Greenways are Golden in the Fall

Every season in Lexington, Buena Vista and Rockbridge County VA can deliver golden memories, but the experience is literal in fall
This early-morning view is in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina. Deep Creek Overlook provides a beautiful view of the Great Smoky Mountains on U.S. 441. A few miles north is the Oconaluftee Overlook which is also popular for sunrise. The image shows the slowly moving low clouds and the fall foliage with different shades of colors; the early morning soft light provided additional beauty to the scene.

Majesty of Autumn: A Photo Essay

Our contributing photographers embrace leaf season.
Bridge Day in Fayetteville, West Virginia

Top 140 Fall Festivals in the Mountains, 2022

There’s not much that’s more fun than building a getaway weekend around a mountain festival. Our readers, in voting this spring, have created a boatload of great suggestions and ideas.
At Loafer’s Glory in Pendleton County, West Virginia, de Graauw’s work revealed new facts about the barn and house, and about the forest that provided the logs.

Dendroarchaeology Strikes: All the Forest in a Barn

Kristen de Graauw’s passion is learning the age of the wood in old structures, thus unlocking mysteries about the people who built them.
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Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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