A mountain legend tells of Boojum, a lonely giant who fell in love with a woman named Annie and vanished with her into the misty woods of Haywood County.
On the anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the story of William Robert Greer stretches from Dealey Plaza to Western North Carolina.
The Thomas Wolfe Memorial in Asheville stands as both a historic landmark and the setting for lingering stories of love, loss, and memory.
Ben Wolfe’s life was short, but his death left a mark that shaped his brother’s masterpiece and became one of Asheville’s most poignant literary stories.
Some believe Rafael Guastavino never truly left the Basilica he built, a masterpiece in life and possibly his haunt in death.
How George Masa’s lens, maps, and mountain hikes helped create the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and shape the Appalachian Trail.
Waynesville’s Green Hill Cemetery is home to a long-running legend that auto dealer Curtis G. Logan was buried in his car.
One of the most accessible hikes on the Blue Ridge Parkway is the Rattlesnake Lodge Trail, a quick mountain ascent over rocks and switchbacks on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.
A North Carolina composer who brought Appalachian folk music to the concert stage rests beneath a headstone engraved with the notes of his lifelong song.
The Cherokee legend of Spearfinger, a witch born of stone and shadow, endures as one of Appalachia’s oldest and most haunting stories.