The Fryingpan Mountain Lookout Tower Trail is the strangest hiking trail name in North Carolina. Read on to discover how it earned its unique name.

Some people hear that Great Smoky Mountains is America’s most-visited national park and think it’s a reason to stay away. The ...

June 14 will mark 56 years since Dennis Martin disappeared in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The quiet boy from ...

According to Appalachian District Ranger Jennifer Barnhart, roughly 190,000 acres were impacted in Tropical Storm Helene's ...

“A popular destination along North Carolina’s Crystal Coast, Atlantic Beach offers stunning scenery along the Atlantic Ocean ...

For more casual dining, Woodlands Barbecue Restaurant delivers authentic North Carolina barbecue with all the expected sides – hush puppies, coleslaw, and baked beans – in unpretentious surroundings ...

Step beyond the town limits and you’ll find yourself immersed in some of the most accessible natural beauty the Appalachians have to offer. The Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, part of the Blue Ridge ...

Rows of nostalgic, low-slung motor lodges rest on the aprons of towering mountains. A population just double that of the LSU ...

At that time, less than a hundred in the world had accomplished this feat of endurance.

Representatives from the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Office of Broadband, Appalachian Power (AEP), ...

According to a 2024 Pew Research report, 90% of adults in the United States own a smartphone, and roughly 4 in 10 say they ...

A father and daughter vanished while hiking to the summit of Maine’s tallest mountain, Katahdin, according to park officials, who said a search for them is ongoing.