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Jill Sauceman photo
Stack ‘Em Up and Eat ‘Em
Stack cake is the ultimate mountaineers’ dessert—a not too sweet, but satisfying and completely flavored dessert made of 4-6 thin layers of molasses-tinged, biscuit-like cake covered with a dark, rich dried apple puree. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
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‘A Full Circle Back Home’
When you find yourself in the presence of Marty Stuart, you find yourself in the presence of the entire living, breathing, history of country and bluegrass music. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
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Keith Lanpher photo
A Living Ribbon Unfurling Through the Woods
This 57-mile rail-to-trail recreational wonderland gets better with each visit: more relaxing, richer in birds and blooms, and for history lovers, more valuable as a window into the region’s recent past. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
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KC Wildmoon
Preserving Appalachia
I’m a lover of history, of the mountains, of the ridges and valleys of Appalachia where I spent my first 18 years. So a trip to the Museum of Appalachia to write about its 50th anniversary, well, that was just right up my alley. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
Regional Content:
From the managing editor, August 2019
I often drive across the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and I always feel the presence of nature around me. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
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Jill Sauceman photo
Stack ‘Em Up and Eat ‘Em
Stack cake is the ultimate mountaineers’ dessert—a not too sweet, but satisfying and completely flavored dessert made of 4-6 thin layers of molasses-tinged, biscuit-like cake covered with a dark, rich dried apple puree. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
12:00 AM
‘A Full Circle Back Home’
When you find yourself in the presence of Marty Stuart, you find yourself in the presence of the entire living, breathing, history of country and bluegrass music. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
12:00 AM
Keith Lanpher photo
A Living Ribbon Unfurling Through the Woods
This 57-mile rail-to-trail recreational wonderland gets better with each visit: more relaxing, richer in birds and blooms, and for history lovers, more valuable as a window into the region’s recent past. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
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These Buzzing Behemoths Are Peaceful Pollinators
Encountering a large bee in your garden can sometimes feel like a harrowing experience. For the vast majority of situations, however, bees and wasps are not to be feared and, in fact, have very little interest in humans at all. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
12:00 AM
A Conversation With the Smokies’ Elk Guy
Joe Yarkovich is a wildlife biologist for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and he’s also known as “The Elk Guy.” Since coming on full-time with the park in 2006, he’s been the go-to guy for the Smokies’ fledgling elk population. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
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When Gold Was In the Hills
You can tell something big happened in Georgia. The dome of the Georgia State Capitol glints yellow in the sun—just one of the few state capitols in the nation to have a gilded dome, for instance. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
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Marla Hardee Milling
Greenville, South Carolina
If I had to do an elevator speech of sorts to extoll the virtues of Greenville, I’d simply describe it this way: Greenville has a big-city feel wrapped in southern hospitality and small-town charm. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
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Blount County Patriarch
Life in the Great Smokies in the 19th century and during the pre-Park days of the 20th century might justifiably be described as arduous, hardscrabble, marginal, or demanding. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
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