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Seven Wonders and More in Old Fort

From Bat Cave, North Carolina, get yourself a jug of apple cider from a roadside stand and sip it all along NC-9 North and Bat Cave Road. Follow it right into Old Fort.  Old Fort is a tiny town of less than 1,000 residents located halfway between Black Mountain and Marion, and halfway between Bat…

September 1, 2022 in Appalachia, Cherokee, North Carolina.

Nature and Native Magic; The Legend of Blowing Rock

Blowing Rock is a small town in northwestern North Carolina near the Tennessee border known as the “Crown of Blue Ridge” with around 1300 residents in its three square miles. The land that became the town of Blowing Rock first belonged to Cherokee and Catawba tribes, and when white settlers moved in, they used it…

November 21, 2021 in Appalachia, Cherokee, North Carolina.

Cherohala Skyway; From Tellico Plains, TN to Robbinsville, NC

One of my favourite drives for viewing fall leaves in East Tennessee is the Cherohala Skyway, a National Scenic Byway that runs between Tellico Plains, TN and Robbinsville, NC. TELLICO PLAINS The tiny 1.6 square mile town of Tellico Plains currently has less than 1,000 residents in what used to be the Cherokee settlement of Great…

November 20, 2021 in Appalachia, Cherokee, North Carolina, State Parks, Tennessee.

Downtown Chattanooga’s Riverfront, Northshore, & Bluff View Districts

Chattanooga is known for being an outdoor lover’s paradise, a modern tech city with dizzying internet speed, home of a Volkswagen plant, Finley Stadium, and a place full of Native American and Civil War history. The city is full of attractions known around the world like Rock City and Lookout Mountain, the Tennessee Aquarium and…

September 6, 2021 in Cherokee, Tennessee.

Holiday in Helen; a Slice of Alpine Georgia

Between a surgery, work, then a year and a half so far of Covid-19 forcing us to cancel our trip, I have not been able to go back to my beloved Vaterland for over three years. That ache in my heart for lederhosen and medieval architecture is sometimes unbearable. We set out instead for Helen,…

August 21, 2021 in Cherokee, Georgia, Germany.

5 Reasons to Visit Blairsville, Georgia

Legends of the Native American Nunnehi spirits haunt the area, as countless battles took place between the Cherokee and Creek tribes on these ancient grounds between Blood Mountain and Slaughter Mountain.

December 19, 2020 in Cherokee, Georgia, State Parks.

Greenback Castle; a Religious Fanatic’s Spooky Junk Shrine

There is an odd sensation of being watched here, perhaps just by a protective neighbour in hiding or by some other innocuous being.

One would not think that the House of the Almighty could harbour any foreboding spirits, but this vast geographic area was once a main centre of  ancient Native American tribes.

November 8, 2020 in Appalachia, Cherokee, Tennessee.

Fort Southwest Point, Ironworks, and other Relics of Roane County

Welsh immigrants came to Roane and nearby Scott County in the 1800s by way of Pennsylvania, with hopes to join the iron and coal industries. Enjoy this sidequest of fascinating lore about the mining industry, its use of forced convict labour that displaced these miners, and a few of their triumphs.

October 3, 2020 in Appalachia, Cherokee, Tennessee.

All the World is Green; a Visit to Saluda, Flat Rock, and Carl Sandburg’s Home

“The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.” ― Carl Sandburg

September 7, 2020 in Appalachia, Cherokee, North Carolina.

Horses, Vineyards, and the Blues; a Visit to the Old Railroad Town of Tryon

Tryon is the birthplace of Nina Simone, the “High Priestess of Soul” who had a voice synonymous to both the civil rights movement and simmering heartache.

September 7, 2020 in Appalachia, Cherokee, North Carolina.

The Scenic Route South to the Capital of the Eastern Band of Cherokee

Obviously we come here to take witchy photos and laugh like the big heathens we are before turning back around and going where we are meant to, but you could also continue along the BRP from this starting point until it ends in Waynesboro, Virginia. 

August 15, 2020 in Appalachia, Cherokee, North Carolina.

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