A charming and delightful village, Dillsboro is home to a community of artists, unique retailers and great restaurants.

Highlands and Cashiers are perched on the edge of the Blue Ridge Escarpment, where the mountains plunge sharply from a high plateau, creating the right ingredients not only for bountiful waterfalls but a temperate rainforest, one of the few in North America. This makes for lush vegetation, plus special designations such as “salamander and lichen capital of the world.”

Franklin is the ideal staging are for exploring the Nantahala Mountains.

Most of lands surrounding Bryson City are publicly held forest and park land, making the town a staging area of sorts for hikers — the Appalachian Trail runs nearby — cyclists, campers, horseback riders and river rats. 

A unique mix of modern and ancient, Cherokee is 21st century entertainment played out on a backdrop of time-honored cultural traditions. 

What started as an unsure adventure turned into a passion-filled career for Jim Rowell.

What looked like a risk to some was a dream for Diane Cutler and Andy Zivinsky.

The feeling of a new customer walking through the door never gets old for Haley Milner.

If you build it, they will come. If you brew it, they will come and party.

A loud roar echoed from the back of the building. The deafening sound is terrifying, yet exhilarating, with the smell of burning oil and gasoline permeating through the air.