From a warehouse that stored roots and herbs, to a store that sold fertilizer, to the present-day restaurant, this building in Todd has always served the community.
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Memories of Camp Yonahlossee
Before she was an acclaimed novelist, she was a camp kid. Although it’s been long since closed, author Susan Kelly’s golden-tinged memories of Camp Yonahlossee draw her back.
Remembering Doc Watson
As an infant growing up in Watauga County, Arthel Lane Watson lost his sight. As a teenager, he picked up a guitar and created a sound. Now, that sound and that guitar and that blind man are forever linked in one name that will live as long as music is played: Doc.
The Little Garden
One woman in Blowing Rock fills her yard with plants, her life with people, and every moment with what matters most.
Choice Cuts
Holiday and family traditions carry the season at a choose-your-own Christmas tree farm near Boone.
Mountain Dancer: Flatfooting in Appalachia
When he was a boy growing up in Sugar Grove, Robert Dotson took up flatfooting. He made his home in the same High Country community, and became a master of an art form that requires his feet stay close to the ground.
No Place Like Home: Land of Oz in Beech Mountain
For years, Cynthia Keller couldn’t finish watching The Wizard of Oz, for fear of the Wicked Witch. Now, as caretaker of Beech Mountain’s Land of Oz, she wakes up every day in a house at the center of the wonderful land.
Breakfast in North Carolina: Knight’s On Main
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was published in January 2011. Since its publication, Knight's On Main in Watauga County has closed. . . .
Breakfast in North Carolina: Dan’l Boone Inn
There's a reason why this spot continues to rank among North Carolinians' favorite breakfast options.
