Virtual Food Hall debuts at Raleigh
A new idea in airport food: Order ahead and grab your prepared order from a locker on the concourse
North Carolina
Cherokee ask to restore mountain name
A tribal council of the Cherokee Nation has voted to ask the U.S. Board of Geographic Names to restore their traditional name for the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, one which has spiritual and historical significance to the tribe. Now called Clingman's Dome, it was renamed in 1859 after a North Carolina senator who was later expelled from the Senate and fought against the U.S. as a Confederate general. Its original name was Kuwahi, meaning 'mulberry place.' The...
Ava Gardner Museum, North Carolina
A museum in her hometown pays tribute to a home-town girl who made it big as one of the top names in Hollywood history
Great Smokies park sets all-time record
America's favorite National Park takes the top spot again; surprisingly, even in the Covid era last year set a new record.
Gatlinburg: Smoky Mountain Fun
Marilyn Jones visits the gateway city for Smoky Mountain National Park, with attractions in and near the park and a great place to stay.
Petersburg, Virginia and Greenville, North Carolina
Jonathan L drives through the south stopping in Petersburg VA and Greenville SC
Spinning a Mill into a Hotel
Marilyn Jones enjoys a break in an unusual hotel created where once textile looms spun out fabric.
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Marilyn visits a wide-ranging museum, created when North Carolina became the first state to buy art with public funds.
Biltmore Estate: Where Luxury Lived
Lester has the opportunity to visit the fabulous Biltmore Estate when it was all decorated for the Christmas holidays!
Jackson County, NC: a Gem in the Mountains
Marilyn Jones enjoys a few days in an area that seems to have everything—including the ability to seem like somewhere else for the movies!
Learning to fly the Wright way
Here's your chance to learn to fly the glider the Wright Brothers few before they added an engine.
Boone Hall Plantation, South Carolina
Join Marilyn Jones on a tour of a plantation that shows a past way of life, and whose labor actually built it.
Aug. 7, 2018: Airlie Gardens, Wilmington, NC
Marilyn Jones takes us to the lavish North Carolina gardens created at the turn of the last century by Sarah Jones.
July 17, 2018: Burgwin-Wright House, Wilmington, NC
Marilyn Jones takes us along for a visit to Wilmington's only pre-Revolution building open to the public, and to its gardens.
New attraction: Three Billboards (not) outside Sylva, NC
A small town in North Carolina is building a tourism trade out of its role as a fictional town in Missouri in an Oscar-nominated movie.