The country icon owns numerous businesses around her hometown resort, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.

Some people hear that Great Smoky Mountains is America’s most-visited national park and think it’s a reason to stay away. The ...

Rows of nostalgic, low-slung motor lodges rest on the aprons of towering mountains. A population just double that of the LSU ...

The people who first called Cades Cove home are gone, but their hard work continues to live on through the structures in the ...

Thousands of people enter a lottery each year. Not for $1 million, but for a brief chance see fireflies mate at night. What’s ...

June 14 will mark 56 years since Dennis Martin disappeared in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The quiet boy from ...

As the most biodiverse park in the National Park System, Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers a unique launchpad for study of research.

Trips around the national park might take longer in June thanks to temporary closures for road maintenance along the Spur and Little River Road.

The three-story home in Maggie Valley, outside Asheville, features a great room with a 33-foot tall stone fireplace, giant ...

The great outdoors is often where engaged couples find their ideal wedding setting. Some especially have their hearts set on ...