Having more time to travel is one of the best parts of retired life -- and many retirees do take advantage of this perk.

If you've found your way to Townsend, nestled on the Tennessee side of the Great Smoky Mountains, you're already privy to ...

A research project will gather data on hellbender populations, which have declined over recent decades and were damaged after ...

The National Park Service rescinded roughly 400 job offers for seasonal positions, prompting concerns that parks could be ...

This road trip winds you through the Volunteer State to several spooky, stunning, and straight-up cool tunnels.

Although we are already well into January, I wanted to share some ways we celebrate the New Year in East Tennessee. In addition, I want ...

Mt. LeConte Lodge is a fairly hard-to-reach and hard-to-book getaway. The lodge and peak are only accessible by one of six trails: Alum Cave Trail, Boulevard Trail, Bullhead Trail, Rainbow Falls Trail ...

Welcome to the Great Smokies Flea Market in Kodak, Tennessee – a bargain hunter’s paradise that’s as much an adventure as it is a shopping trip. Nestled in the heart of East Tennessee, just a stone’s ...

Some of that snow was already on the ground when an arctic air brought record-setting cold to the mountains along the ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park reports it has 14 inches at Mount LeConte, which stands at an elevation of 6,593 feet. Newfound Gap in the middle of the 522,427-acre park has ...

The giant salamander species in Appalachia was already in trouble when Hurricane Helene devastated swaths of its habitat in North Carolina.

The Smokies are a beautiful place to explore in winter - but visitors should be prepared for snow, ice, high winds, bitter cold or closed roads.