Travel Lens
Blue Ridge Parkway views, a famous cliff and a historic estate in a mountain town.
This 3,600-acre estate became a public park in 1950, with gardens, woods and a lake beside the grand white homestead.
Ride the train at this family-friendly amusement park, which also has rides for all ages, playhouses and a zoo where you can feed deer.
Stand on one of North Carolina’s oldest tourist attractions, a cliff about 4,000 feet up where strong winds sweep through the rock.
Circle the lake and surrounding woods, a favorite of photographers, with rich fall color, fishing and wildlife watching.
Step onto the white veranda of the Cone family’s manor for mountain views, especially lovely when snow dusts the peaks.
On Main Street, this 1890 home of artist Elliott Daingerfield is now an arts center with an artists-in-residence program.
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