In the February 2, 1963, issue, The State heralds the arrival of skiing — with resorts at Blowing Rock and Cataloochee Ranch — as a “new industry.” “North Carolina’s first experiments in the winter sports resort business are getting along all right. They’d get along a lot better with more appropriate weather.”
North Carolina is known for many things, but nothing more important this week than the qualities of endurance, resilience, and hope.
By day, this adventure park in the Triad is a fall festival to die for. By night, the undead come alive for Halloween tricks. Welcome to one man’s vision of year-round merrymaking.
North Carolina’s border dances across the mountains as it traces four different states. Life here can be more remote, but good neighbors are never far away.
The Blue Ridge Parkway stands out among America’s national parks: Unfurling across six Appalachian mountain chains, it connects dozens of rural communities and binds together generations of families through shared memories.
