A marble figure, lost to ivy in summer and revealed each winter, is tied to a Southern literary legacy.
A horned lizard in a West Asheville liquor jar sparked an Asheville mystery in 1928.
She was a single line in an 1887 headline after a deadly railroad wreck. Today, Mary McDowell’s story survives in a stone in Riverside Cemetery and in the tragedy that stunned Asheville.
A 1936 burial reflects a Western North Carolina tradition of handmade memorials.
Founded in the late 19th century, Jones Temple AME Zion stands as a link to Waynesville’s historic Black community and one of the oldest church buildings still in use in Haywood County.
A Saluda man inherited responsibility for a family hearth fire locals say was kept alive from the Revolutionary era until 1944.
At Asheville’s Riverside Cemetery, a Biltmore-linked stonecutters memorial reveals a deeper story of labor, loss and unanswered questions.
Built from mountain stone and known for its Ben Long frescoes, Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church stands as one of Blowing Rock’s most enduring historic landmarks.
A historic stone chapel at Crossnore Communities for Children holds one of Western North Carolina’s most meaningful frescoes. Its story reflects a century of care, community and mountain history.
Stolen during the Civil War, North Carolina’s copy of the Bill of Rights vanished for more than a century before its recovery and a statewide tour that included a stop in Asheville.
