Ready to start planning your next family adventure? Here are 11 of the best affordable family-friendly vacation spots in the ...

Maggie Valley is a popular elk-spotting area. There have been recent reports of dangerously close interactions and people ...

A North Carolina homeowner was stunned by a 41% increase in his insurance premium, despite no claims or changes to his policy ...

A road leading to several trails and a visitor center in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed beginning July 1.

Sunset at Cowee Mountain Overlook deserves its own special category of natural wonder. As the sun dips toward the horizon, the sky becomes a canvas for colors that seem almost artificially enhanced – ...

Wildcat Den is one of my favorite state parks in Iowa. Its gateway town of Muscatine, Iowa, is worthy of a visit in its own ...

Sheriff Curtis Cochran, 72, was suspended after allegations that he persuaded women to get into his Dodge Durango, then ...

The new trail to Enloe Cemetery near Mingus Mill helps uncover the long-overlooked legacy of the Great Smoky Mountains’ Black ...

This scenic loop near Rapid City, South Dakota, features tunnels, rock walls, and rich mining history. It’s a stunning ...

In addition to the I-40 closure, at least 20 North Carolina mountain roads are now listed off limits to large trucks after ...

Looking for outdoors summer fun on a budget? In East Tennessee you don't have to go far to find one of the best free attractions in the U.S.

There’s a place in western North Carolina where the mountains ripple like waves on a blue-green ocean, where clouds cast dramatic shadows across ancient peaks, and where locals sometimes “accidentally ...