This sublime but underappreciated North Carolina wilderness offers waterfalls, gorges, valleys, and rocky domes that look straight out of Yosemite ...

A coalition of Western North Carolina conservation organizations sued the U.S. Forest Service as the Trump administration has ...

We can all agree that the national parks in the United States are breathtakingly beautiful and chock-full of opportunities to ...

Photo/Bob Scott - A group of Appalachian Trail hikers enjoyed a free pancake breakfast at First Baptist Church then gathered ...

This stretch, free of intersecting roads or driveways, cuts through the Great Smoky Mountains and Nantahala National ... also offers 11 miles of private hiking trails, a tennis court, and seasonal ...

After earning absolute power over Japan’s feuding factions, Tokugawa Ieyasu became the island nation’s first shogun, and in the early 17th century he consolidated his political control in Edo ...