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The Top 61 Happiest Mountain Towns in the Blue Ridge
Our quest to have our readers select the happiest towns in the mountains began with a set of criteria applied
April 2, 2026
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The 5,964-foot peak is the only privately owned U.N. Biosphere Reserve among the 324 around the world. There's also Gerry the Bear and lots more to see and do on the peak that bills itself as "North Carolina's Top Attraction."
It's big, as Barney Fife would say – really big: Mount Airy, N.C., is celebrating 50 years of "The Andy Griffith Show" with a new museum.
Ready to get your adrenaline pumping? River & Earth Adventures offers outdoor excursion in Valle Crucis or surrounding areas.
Ready for a great long-weekend drive through some of the prettiest countryside in the region? complete with stops for fresh, delicious food and cozy, distinctive places to sleep? Well, the research has been done, and the itinerary planned.
The role of a landscape architect is to provide the visitor with a visually pleasing experience.
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Walking Winchester in the relentless rain of a soggy spring could not dampen my enthusiasm to see the home of
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Behind Blue Ridge Country
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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