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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
People of the Mountains
She came from Sweden to America as an international student, and now leads one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious art schools.
Remote Area Medical, with roots in the Southern Appalachians, has provided free health care since 1985 to over 1 million people through mobile pop-up clinics across the nation. “Free Is In Our DNA.”
The 120-acre mountaintop property is the only high-elevation native plant garden in the eastern United States.
Former graphic designer Pinkie Mistry now spends her days painting images from the Smokies.
A stone mason by trade, Brandon Traylor sees restoring log cabins as his calling.
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