Artist’s unique creatures to make U.S. debut at The North Carolina Arboretum There are a lot of strange creatures in the Smoky Mountains. Some of them are real – we’re looking at you Hellbender salamander – and others are rumored – we’d look at you feral people if we could see you. But a Danish artist is bringing something no
Finding excellent Bavarian dining in Western North Carolina I was surprised, while doing a little bit of research for this article, to find Germans were the second largest European group to settle in the Smoky mountains behind the Scot-Irish. I spent a portion of my youth living in Northern Indiana, where German culture and Germanic people were common. But, having
Western North Carolina is a tourist destination that has more than a casino going for it I must admit the first time I visited Cherokee, North Carolina – circa 1991 or so – it didn’t make much of an impression. Of course, I was a sullen teenager who found the drive across the mountain full of more tedium than wonder. The