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Papermaking, the Athens Factory, and ‘The Thicket’
Plus, paper quilling and tundra swans
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Preserved Historic Homes and a Lost Treasure
Plus, the “Gentleman Pirate,“ a Sunday oyster roast, and a southern snow day
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Dirt Road Treasures and the Sylvania Historic Welcome Center
Plus, Peanut State attractions and a Lake Chatuge vista
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Appalachian Brooms, Otter Lake, and the Devil’s Bathtub
Plus, a handmade treasure and the sunken wall of Fredericksburg
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Jingle Bells
The Song That Started a Feud
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Tolkien Inspiration and a Festival of Trees
Plus, Saltpeter Cave, the Christmas Place, and a rural fall glow
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Marsh Tackies, Atalaya Castle, and the Sea View Inn
Explore South Carolina's Lowcountry, Murrell’s Inlet, Walterboro, and Pawley’s Island
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Ahiflowers, a Forgotten Thanksgiving, and a Pirate Jamboree
Discover the treasures of coastal North Carolina and Virginia
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The Wildflower That Could Save the Sea
How one man’s wild British childhood and love of the ocean led to a regenerative alternative to fish oil
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Chuck Leavell, Judaculla Rock, and the Forest Festival Trail
Explore North Carolina’s Cradle of Forestry and Southern Highlands
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A Mountain Roadtrip, Beekeeping, and Track Rock Gap
Wind through North Georgia, Western North Carolina, and Eastern Tennessee
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The Mystery of Graves Mountain
A continental collision caused new minerals to form and existing minerals to change
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