Nearly half of the towns on the list were located in WNC. Here's what WorldAtlas writers suggested doing in each one.

Feb. 5 -- Jamie Hill's friends thought that he was nuts the first time he went into debt searching for emeralds in North Carolina, but he's proven them wrong — again. Hill made headlines when he ...

Massive quartz cluster stolen from North Carolina gem mine sparks search, police say By Bailey Aldridge. Updated May 27, 2021 7:57 AM.