If you’ve ever driven through the Blue Ridge Mountain range in Appalachia, you’ve probably seen the hazy hues that sweep across the distant peaks. The colors range from cerulean to robin’s ...

(AP Photo/Gerry Broome) A motorcyclist navigates the Linn Cove Viaduct at Grandfather Mountain along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Linville, N.C., Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, as autumn colors begin to ...

and in Virginia from the eastern foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the border of West Virginia. They are nicknamed “pack rats” because they’re known to decorate their homes with items ...

As spring arrives and cars begin to fill the 469-mile parkway that spans the Blue Ridge Mountains from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Cherokee ...