This Month On BlueRidgeCountry.com
Non-Electronic Fun ‘n’ Games in the Mountains

Need a little extra help unplugging from the day-to-day? These destinations specialize in the relaxed, the non-electronic. Read More

By Su Clauson-Wicker
More Stories
2019 Travel Guide: Stories in and of the Mountains

Are you an early vacation planner looking for great experiences in the mountains this year?

Our 2019 Travel Guide is for you!

Focused on exploring the region through its stories and the people who tell them, this feature makes its way through three overlapping modes of storytelling, with each genre corresponding to an itinerary for a real trip to consider for 2019.

Take a look for yourself today. And happy travels! Read More

By Grant Currin
First Lady of the Fireflies

Lynn Faust spent her childhood summers marveling at spectacular displays of fireflies from the porch of a rustic family cabin in the  Great Smoky Mountains National Park .

“There was no phone, no TV, just nature,” says the spry 64-year-old, recalling the vanished Elkmont vacation community. “You’d spend the day playing in creeks, climbing trees, hiking, and after dinner everybody would get together on the porch to watch the lightning bugs.”

But in 1991 something peculiar happened, something that would change her life forever. Read More

By Eric J. Wallace
Photo Essay: Keeping The Old Ways Alive

Our contributing photographers present the mountains the way they used to be, and still are in spots. Take a look! Read More
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