The Mitchell County schoolteacher stopped shaving in his 20s and eventually toured with the Barnum & Bailey Circus as “The Man With the Longest Beard in the World.”
After a dog attack in Asheville in 1902, 5-year-old Willie Harris was taken north for rabies treatment at a Pasteur institute, where hope briefly rose before ending in heartbreak.
In the basement of America’s largest home, a painted room has fueled decades of rumor, curiosity and mystery.
His grave in Morganton marks the life of a nineteenth-century physician whose work carried him from country sickbeds to Civil War service.
During Asheville’s Rhododendron Festival heyday, a Baby Parade drew huge crowds and tiny floats. The tradition lasted until money worries and a world war changed everything.
Wilma Dykeman Stokely, often called the “First Lady of Appalachian Literature,” helped shift public attention toward the French Broad River’s pollution and cleanup.
An affordable plant sale, an ABBA disco party and exercising the American right to vote are just three of the events on our weekly activity guide.
A man known locally as the Linville Hermit is said to have vanished from his mountain cabin in the 1800s. No official record exists, but the story has remained part of local folklore for generations.
Gig Young’s rise, fall and violent final act still echo from Manhattan to the mountains, where he’s buried under his real name.
Later this month, the Hendersonville Family YMCA will host a community Black History Month celebration honoring local Black basketball champions.