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Ghost Lights
Near Marion, North Carolina, there is a gravel track that makes an unlikely claim of being a state highway. If you are brave enough to bump along to the end of the narrow ridge, you will dead end at the beginning of a ghost story. Read more
Dec 1, 2022
When Candy Rains Down
It is 1974, I am seven years old and parades are my favorite thing in the whole wide world. Read more
Dec 1, 2022
Hansel and Gretel
I saw the Hansel and Gretel dolls in the Sears Christmas 1963 catalog. The page showed the dolls standing side by side, and explained they were imported from Germany and designed by master craftsmen. Read more
Dec 1, 2022
Photo Essay, October 2022
Our readers share their images of winter weather. Read more
Oct 1, 2022
A conversation with a Smokies descendent
When the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was created, thousands of people were forced to leave homes that fell inside the boundaries of the new park. But the six unmarried Walker sisters, who lived in Little Greenbriar Cove, refused to go. Read more
Oct 1, 2022