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Platinum: Linn Cove Viaduct , Blue Ridge Parkway milepost 304 in North CarolinaBlue Ridge Parkway Stop
Platinum: Mabry Mill, Va. (MP 176.2)
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Best of the Blue Ridge Awards
Every five years, we invite our readers to tell us their favorites – hikes, romantic getaways, state parks, musicians. This year, you responded by mail and through our website, and we discovered some new pla...
Want a true sense of just who the Appalachian Trail thru-hiker is? Saunter on into tiny Damascus, Va., May 14-16 for the full flavor.
Winchester, Va.’s historic George Washington Hotel is ideally located in the city’s historic district, just a block from a pedestrian mall that holds a variety of unique shops and eateries.
The five-story hotel opened in 1924 with 102 guest ro...
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."
“I wouldn’t trade my time photographing in Cades Cove for anything,” photographer Bill Lea writes in the introduction to his book “Cades Cove: Window to a Secret World,” which explores the quiet beauty of this part of Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountain...
Two of Blue Ridge Country’s enthusiastic interns headed to historic Lexington, Va., to explore its eclectic downtown, populated by artists, gardeners, Civil War figures, a bookstore cat and a singing waiter.
