The Franklin Gem & Mineral Museum is established in a 19th-century jailhouse. Among the museum’s gems is one prized prisoner: a 48.5-pound corundum crystal from the old Corundum Hill mine.
From the stone that built Mount Airy, one man shapes a living story of community.
Snow in North Carolina may be fleeting, but when it falls, the state settles into a peaceful pause.
A long-forgotten series of recordings from 1925 puts a new spin on the beginnings of one of our most enduring music genres.
In tight-knit Southern circles, recipes get around. The ones that impress find their place in community cookbooks, local encyclopedias of care and feeding.
