Day trip: Memorable stops around Linville Falls and Linville Gorge

Explore one of North Carolina’s most dramatic landscapes

🎵 Play me some mountain music

PLUS: Geodome Airbnb vacation rental; things to do this weekend; 3 questions for home decor shop owner; man rescued after fall from cliff

Where the music plays in Boone and Blowing Rock

Bars, restaurants, breweries, wineries and more spots to hear some tunes

Newsletter 5/28: wineries, Appalachian storytelling, firefly tour tickets

PLUS: Appalachian storytelling and 'tall tale contest,' full moon paddle, firefly ticket lottery, Boone summer concerts, local population holds steady

Things to do this weekend: 5/28-5/31