Perched high in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the quirky college town of Boone, which at only a 3-hour’s drive from us in ...

Travel + Leisure magazine, which named Asheville one of the overall best towns in the U.S., chose another Western NC location for best small town.

A sign offers encouragement along Highway 421 in Boone, N.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, days after Hurricane Helene brought heavy rain and flooding to the North Carolina mountains.

There's a reason why everything is so damn cheap in North Carolina; there isn't one damn thing to do except drink sweet tea and complain about the heat and maybe have a chew.<BR><BR>No idea on ...