Ashevile NC road trip

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.