“It is real, immediate and dangerous.” Bachman, now 35, lives with his partner, Aldona Dye, a musicologist, in Madison County, Virginia, on the east side of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

An expert roadtripper's guide to the best American road trips based on their proximity to adventure—from fly fishing holes to flowy singletrack and unreal stargazing.

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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 – ...

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