Land
Land
Sep 2023
Guitar, vocals, lyrics—the Asheville-based musician does it all. Go behind the scenes to learn about Ramsey’s life on the road, the joys of playing music live, and his journey home.
Sep 2023
Perched on a ridge, the award-winning design of this mountain home is anything but rustic
Jun 2023
For nearly 100 years, the Ela Dam has interrupted the flow of the Oconaluftee River. But now, a team of locals are restoring the waterway.
Dec 2022
A red spruce joins a national tradition as it journeys across the country
Sep 2022
Following Hernando de Soto’s historic–and devastating–legacy through the South
Sep 2022
In partnership with The 400 Years Project, a local photographer showcases contemporary Cherokee artists and their work
Aug 2022
A combination of indigenous land management techniques and innovative approaches to restoration offers partial answers to the challenges of a changing climate in Western North Carolina forests
Jun 2022
Old Fort’s Black community is creating outdoor recreational areas to rejuvenate their home
Mar 2022
“The labor-intensive process of basket making … interweaves ecology, culture, land, and identity.”
Mar 2022
Get up close and personal with the season’s most striking feathered friends
Mar 2022
WNC’s boomtown has mighty good neighbors—meet 10 nearby communities prized for their own style of livability
Mar 2022
As the nation celebrates Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday, witness the creation—and evolution—of his visionary Biltmore landscapes
Mar 2022
Author Luke Manget unearths the history of ginseng cultivation in the mountains and beyond
Dec 2021
As luck would have it, one determined Madison County man brought a welcome change to his isolated community—and inadvertently endowed it with two quaint monikers.
Aug 2021
The new Youngs Mountain Trail in Rutherford County reaches spectacular vantages
Aug 2021
After so many months of cancelled and postponed events, the urge to get together and celebrate is palpable. Here to satisfy is a season of great gatherings bursting with local culture: From woolly worms, elk, and Bigfoot to mountain arts, food, music, and more, these festivals truly have something for everyone.
Aug 2021
50 years ago, a grassroots groundswell fought the federal agency’s plan to reshape the French Broad River Basin
Jun 2021
A contemporary cabin on Lake James offers enduring style and a blissfully slow pace
Jun 2021
Local authors’ new offerings, from the poetic to the profound to the just plain fun
Mar 2021
Highlands cranks up the new Bear Shadow festival to bring some music back
Dec 2020
For all of its storm and stress, 2020 proved to be a watershed for WNC authors, with a wave of them publishing particularly notable titles
