Winter transforms the Blue Ridge into a wonderland of quaint shops, parades, skiing, and old-fashioned holiday charm perfect ...

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1967 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections , Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1967 ...

ASHEVILLE – Another round of good news for leaf lookers, sightseers and anyone who loves the outdoors — a major section of road on the Blue Ridge Parkway is now complete, and Mount Mitchell State Park ...

With the passing of Blue Ridge Mountain Sports comes another passing of an era. Founded in Charlottesville in 1971, Blue Ridge was one of an exciting group of new outdoor equipment stores that served ...

Though Mount Mitchell State Park has not reopened yet, access along the Blue Ridge Parkway will be repaired in fall 2025, parkway staff said. A timelines for long-term repairs, which would see the ...

Full of history, culture, and the natural world, this North Carolina town is like the UK's Scotland—right in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.

If you follow the Blue Ridge Mountains into North Georgia, you’ll come across the aptly named small town of Blue Ridge (population: 1,244). It may be small, but Blue Ridge has no shortage of things to ...

For the past year, the Blue Ridge Parkway has been on the road to recovery. In September 2024, Tropical Storm Helene slammed into Western North Carolina and East Tennessee, causing immense damage to ...

A 26-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway has reopened in western North Carolina - just in time for the busy fall season - marking a major milestone in the state’s recovery nearly one year after ...

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