When you visit a small town the most challenging question can be where do we eat? Which restaurants are good and offer the food selection we like? And pricing? It is too much to process when you and your family are getting hungry!! The answer is that in Downtown West Jefferson, NC there is a […]
Do you remember North Carolina’s delightfully quirky Mystery Hill attraction? Open for more than 70 years, this must-visit roadside wonder has wowed many generations of visitors with its attractions. In fact, some families make it a point to return year after year – each time seeking to solve the mystery behind the gravity-defying house that […]
American Emergency Vehicles (AEv), part of REV Group (REVG) and manufacturer of Type I, II, and Type III ambulances and medium-duty emergency vehicles, is proud to announce its vehicles are now Certified Green by TRA Cerfification. Ashecountyline.com
Western North Carolina is no stranger to late season snowfall. Even in May and June, the snow has been known to make a rare, occasional appearance. And in most areas, March can be late in the season for significant amounts of new powder to fall. But not in 1993, the year North Carolina experienced the […]
The High Country in North Carolina doles out some extraordinarily fun wintertime activities. Among them is the family and group-friendly adventure of snow tubing. Not many people realize the largest snow tubing park on the entire East Coast is located just west of Boone, in the town of Seven Devils. By: Robin Jarvis onlyinyourstate.com
Get ready, because life in the Tar Heel State is about to get a whole lot more exciting with the opening of the first-ever alpine coaster in North Carolina! Few details have been released about the attraction as yet, but the fun includes a very steep mountainside that has an alpine coaster filled with twists, […]
From the mountains to the sea, we really do have it all here in North Carolina – including the two most visited National Parks (a park and a unit) in America! (Some states aren’t fortunate enough to have even one National Park.) When it comes to scenic and spectacular outdoor recreation, the Tar Heel State […]
Tucked deep within the rolling hills of Ashe County, two quiet and simple Episcopal churches house marvelous works of art. North Carolina native, Ben Long, ventured to West Jefferson in 1974 and painted amazing frescoes in two local churches. Today, the endearing work by Long has made the ‘Church of the Frescoes’ one of West […]
Most people spend the majority of their adult life planning and saving for retirement. Once the day comes, and you’re left with limitless free time and a destination in mind, you’re probably ready to say goodbye to the city life and enjoy Tuesday cocktails on the beach, or a light Friday hike in the mountains. […]
Winter in North Carolina can get pretty brutal on the mountain but that cold weather, coupled with a variety of outdoor winter attractions and activities, is precisely what draws people to Boone during the cold weather months. From skiing (Appalachian Ski Resort, Sugar Mountain, Beech Mountain Ski Resort) to the south’s largest snow tubing park […]