A former Blowing Rock police chief was beaten to death in 1888 over a minor debt. More than a century later, his grave tells a story of injustice, outrage and a life cut short.
A century-old church on Eagle Street anchors Asheville’s African-American spiritual and cultural heritage.
The Biltmore heiress who reinvented herself abroad and left behind a mystery Asheville still wonders about.
Beneath a quiet stand of trees near Flat Rock’s oldest Episcopal church, a granite cross rises above a hillside of small white markers. It is one of the few memorials dedicated to enslaved and freed African Americans in Western North Carolina.
The oldest Episcopal church in Western North Carolina stands as both a mountain refuge and a reminder of the people who built and worshipped here nearly two centuries ago.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Riverside Cemetery is known for its monuments, the Southern writers who […]
Uncover the secrets of Asheville’s Riverside Cemetery, where famous graves, Civil War history and haunting tales converge.
Inside the history of a rural church whose sanctuary holds three of the most influential frescoes in Western North Carolina.
The Wampus Cat legend has long prowled across North Carolina – part myth, part reflection of the people who told it.
A simple stone marking a remarkable Blue Ridge life.
