Hiking the Appalachian Trail is something I decided to do many years ago after an extended solo vacation traveling along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The road was great, but the hiking unexpectedly called my name. It was all I wanted to do and it felt like home. After years of planning and p...
Benton MacKaye Trail.Blue Ridge, GA is the officialBenton MacKaye Trail townin Georgia. You can catch the trail at Springer Mountain where it intersects with the AT, or choose from several other trailheads in Fannin County. The 300-mile trail can take you all the way to the Great Smoky ...
After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated his body was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. 150 years ago today a large monument at the Lincoln grave site was dedicated. In its October 24, 1874 issue Harper’s Weekly described the monument: THE LINCOIN MONUMENT AT SPRINGFIELD,...
The tiny town of Biltmore Forest, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, is less than 3-square-miles and has a population of about 1,300. It is built on land that formerly was part of the Biltmore estate, the majestic home of George and Edith Vanderbilt. #84: Pantops, Virgin...