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The Aluminum Tree and Aesthetically Challenged Seasonal Ornament Museum and Research Center (ATOM) first planted its shiny seasonal shrine in Transylvania County in 1998,…
Read MoreThe Aluminum Tree and Aesthetically Challenged Seasonal Ornament Museum and Research Center (ATOM) first planted its shiny seasonal shrine in Transylvania County in 1998,…
Read MoreNovember may herald the start of the holiday season, but it also brings a more somber celebration in Veterans Day, the national holiday set…
Read MoreThese days, Halloween lasts approximately six weeks, by our wager. It’s become the autumnal version of Christmas, and if you can’t beat it with…
Read MoreThese days, Halloween lasts approximately six weeks, by our wager. It’s become the autumnal version of Christmas, and if you can’t beat it with…
Read MoreConnemara is like Biltmore Estate for bluestockings. Not fancy, but deep. When America’s quintessential everyperson poet Carl Sandburg and his family retired to Flat…
Read MoreA German POW held in Texas in the ‘40s, 92-year-old Karl Blumenthal now makes Asheville his home Karl Blumenthal, a native of Germany, brought…
Read MoreLike many a family secret, knowledge of Henderson County’s POW population during WWII isn’t all that secret. Ask Jennie Jones Giles, a local history…
Read MoreThe Allison-Deaver House in Pisgah Forest is the site of a big, old-fashioned party this weekend to honor of the house’s 200th birthday. It’s history, and it’s still happening.
Read MoreCoon hunting is done late at night, but it’s not necessary to be still and quiet, so it’s fun for kids, too (if their…
Read MoreLake Toxaway in Transylvania County has been savored as a posh resort destination for more than a century. The town’s eponymous water feature is…
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