We’ve been receiving quite a few inquiries lately about the state of Dollywood’s popular Lightning Rod coaster after guests began reporting that the popular attraction had not been in operation for several days. First, we …
The truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, and this is certainly the case with the Hatfields and the McCoys. You may have heard about this famous Hatfield-McCoy family feud. You may have seen the dinner …
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the country, with an estimated 12.5 million visitors annually. So it’s no surprise that entrepreneurs come to the area with high hopes …
It’s the age old question: Why do people honk when driving through tunnels? In East Tennessee, we learn to honk in tunnels just as we learn how to walk with two feet. We learn it …
As we drove through Pigeon Forge on Saturday, a line from an old favorite song kept coming back to me. Same as it ever was. The line is from the song Once in a Lifetime …
Labor Day is upon us, the official end of a summer that for many of us never really got started. While many people still took a summer vacation, many of the traditional summer vacation destinations …
It took ten years to find the perfect land for Tommy Bartlett’s Water Circus in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. In 1976, 110 acres of farmland were finally purchased with 450 feet of US Highway 441 frontage. …
This tiramisu moonshine recipe might just be my absolute new favorite thing. Why create your own boozy coffee mix when the perfect concoction has been right here in the Smoky Mountains all this time? Get …
Fresh snow on mountains, moonshine with cinnamon; bright Christmas lights and warm homemade mittens — these are just a few of my favorite things. In my opinion, nobody does Christmas like the Smokies. If you’re …
East Tennessee’s most notorious showman came into the world two years after the turning of one century and left two years before the arrival of another. It’s fitting, in a way, that Orton Caswell “Cas” …
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