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Greg Wilsbacher, Ph.D., a University of South Carolina faculty librarian and curator of the famous Fox Movietone News Collection housed there, will present a muti-media program, How the American Homefront First Saw D-Day on June 5 at 2 p.m. at the Transylvania County Library’s Rogow Community Room, 212 S. Gaston… Read More
Enjoy a 15% discount off nightly vacation cottage rental rates now through October 31, 2024! Clean comfortable lakeside cottages with air conditioning, heat and Wi-Fi. Montfair Resort Farm is a perfect place to reconnect with family, loved ones and friends. Enjoy the end of summer days with onsite fishing, birdwatching,… Read More
Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 304.4: Linn Cove Viaduct & Visitor Center Final Link of the Parkway This seven-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway – once the Parkway’s missing link – was completed in 1987. It was delayed for twenty years as environmentalists, adjacent landowners, engineers, and architects sought a design that… Read More
Free concerts every Friday and Saturday night with local jazz musician Charlie Ellis! Enjoy the music in the lobby and sitting rooms of the beautifully restored Green Park Inn. Read More
Join us for a “squealin'” good time in Downtown Marion on June 1st! We will have free kids activities, a hog callin’ and pig squealin’ contest, and a food truck rodeo, with the best Food Truck Liver Mush dish earning a trophy! The winning hog callers and pig squealers win… Read More
Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 294: Flat Top Manor and Estate at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park This country estate was developed during the 1890s and early 1900s by Moses and Bertha Cone, the son and daughter of German and Jewish immigrants. Moses and his brother Caesar established one of North Carolina’s… Read More
Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 331: Museum of North Carolina Minerals Visitor Center and Park Store The Museum of North Carolina Minerals is located in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, where the mountains are among the richest in gems and minerals in the state. Interactive displays present the significance of mining to the area’s… Read More
Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 258.7: Northwest Trading Post Closed for the 2023 season. The Northwest Trading Post historic building in Glendale Springs in Ashe County, North Carolina is generally operated by a concessioner and in the past offered a selection of regional arts & crafts and food gifts, souvenir items,… Read More
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Oconaluftee Visitor Center The Oconaluftee Visitor Center is located in and managed by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, but you’ll find it situated near the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway when you exit or enter the Parkway in Cherokee, NC. Visitors marvel at spotting… Read More
October 20 Program – Loyal Forces: The American Animals of World War II The Brevard College History Program and the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas are pleased to host Brevard College alumna Toni McCourt Kiser for a discussion of her book, Loyal Forces: The American Animals of World… Read More