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The
Foxfire Museum & Heritage Ctr. serves as a
functional museum of Southern Appalachia with
self-guided tours for visitors, featuring
artifact displays in & around 22 log cabins. The
Gift Shop offers handmade items, The Foxfire
Book series, & a large selection of other books.
Gift Shop admission is free; self-guided tours
are $5.00 each; children 10 & under are free.
Admission includes one souvenir tour booklet per
family/group. Mon-Sat, 8:30 to 4:30. Closed
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. 706-746-5828 |
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RABUN |
Mountain City, GA |
North Georgia Mountains |
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The award
winning Butler Museum tells the story of “the
town that wouldn’t drown”. Originally Butler was
a thriving community which settlers, including
Daniel Boone, settled back in the late 1700’s
along the waters of the Watauga River. Growing
over the years, the town eventually had a hotel,
a lumber yard, a railroad, bus station, a
university/college, and a busy town nestled
between the mountains and the Watauga River. But
over time, the lumber industry petered out and
in the late 1930’s under Roosevelt’s rural
electrification program, the Tennessee Valley
Authority it was felt that by damming the
Watauga River, the water would generate a great
deal of electric power for the towns and
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JOHNSON |
Butler, TN |
East Tennessee |
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The museum
exists to tell the story of the people who
settled the mountainous southwest corner of
Virginia and to help explain how the area's
unique culture developed. See our restored 1890s
era one room school house and farm with original
farmhouse and nine outbuildings. |
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SMYTH |
Atkins, VA |
Blue Ridge Highlands - Southwest Virginia |
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Promoting
the arts of WNC, the Asheville Area Arts
Council's 1,400 square ft. Front Gallery
represents emerging and established local
artists. Some of the Arts Council's grants
programs include Regional Artist Project Grants,
Grassroots Arts Grants, and the RBC Centura AIE
Initiative Grants. |
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BUNCOMBE |
Asheville, NC |
Western North Carolina |
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Open on
weekends with summer programs, The Hollow
History Center preserves the history of the
western part of Patrick County Virginia |
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PATRICK |
Ararat, VA |
Blue Ridge Highlands - Southwest Virginia |
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Museum
haslargest collection of American childhood
memorabilia on display in the world. 45,000+
dolls & toys dating from 1740 to 2000. Also home
to the world's largest permanently installed
multi-gauge model railroad layout. Toy/Gift shop
with unusual toys to educate and amuse. |
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ROCKBRIDGE |
Natural Bridge, VA |
Shenandoah Valley |
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Enjoy a
virtual tour of the once world renown "Resort of
Presidents", Shannondale Springs. The Greenbier
of its time, it reigned as the premier spa in
the Shenandoah Valley from 1819 till it was
destroyed by fire in 1858. |
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JEFFERSON |
Harpers Ferry, WV |
Eastern Panhandle West Virginia |
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Largest
collections of childhood artifacts dating from
1740 on display in the world. World's largest
permanently installed multi-guage model
railroad. |
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ROCKBRIDGE |
Natural Bridge, VA |
Shenandoah Valley |
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The
boyhood home of North Carolina author Thomas
Wolfe, the historic Old Kentucky Home boarding
house was made famous as the setting of Wolfe's
1929 novel "Look Homeward, Angel." Today the
home stands as both a literary landmark and a
reminder of a bygone era in American life. |
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BUNCOMBE |
Asheville, NC |
Western North Carolina |
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Walnut
Grove Plantation is a 1765 backcountry home with
several outbuildings, nature trails and a family
cemetery. The first weekend of October, the site
hosts FestiFall, a colonial living history
festival with the raid of "Bloody Bill"
Cunningham. Take I-26 to Exit 28 in SC. |
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SPARTANBURG |
Roebuck, SC |
Upcountry South Carolina |
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Old Salem
includes the historic 1766 town of Salem, the
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, the
Toy Museum, and the Children’s Musuem. For more
information, call 1-888-653-7253 or visit
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FORSYTH |
Winston-Salem, NC |
North Carolina Piedmont |
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The
Scottish Tartans Museum is a non-profit heritage
center focused on the tradition of Highland
Dress. Exhibits also on the Scottish migration
to western NC. Scottish gift shop. On line
ordering. |
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MACON |
Franklin, NC |
Western North Carolina |
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Come and
visit the Museum That Runs with over 200 rare
American vintage motorcycles most of which are
still operated regularly. Learn about the
history of American transportation and see a
rare collection of cars, memorabilia and
collectibles. |
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HAYWOOD |
Maggie Valley, NC |
Western North Carolina |
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Discover
Jefferson’s retreat now undergoing award-winning
restoration and archaeology. Tours Wed.-Mon.,
April-Nov. except Thanksgiving, 10-4. Hands-on
history in summer, 11-2. Independence Day
celebration. (434) 525-1806,
www.poplarforest.org. |
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BEDFORD |
Forest, VA |
Central Virginia |
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Discover
Asheville, NC’s first mansion, built around 1840
as the center of a mountain plantation. Now
restored with period rooms spanning 1840 to
1900, and changing history exhibits. Located
less than 2 miles from Biltmore Estate. |
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BUNCOMBE |
Asheville, NC |
Western North Carolina |
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RED HILL.
Patrick Henry, “Voice of the Revolution” and
Virginia’s first governor, lived at Red Hill.
Self-guided walking tour includes Henry’s grave,
law office, reconstructed home and dependencies.
Visitor center, museum, gift shop. |
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CAMPBELL |
Charlotte, VA |
Central Virginia |
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See the
fantastic shapes and colors of minerals from
around the world and discover the vast hidden
treasures that lie beneath North Carolina’s
soil. At the Colburn Earth Science Museum,
discover how Earth Science is a part of your
everyday life. |
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BUNCOMBE |
Asheville, NC |
Western North Carolina |
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The Arts
Center features museum-standard galleries,
classes in the visual & performing arts, &
school programs on-site & directly in the
schools, as well as resident artist studios, an
outdoor sculpture garden, museum store &
historic house museum. |
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WASHINGTON |
Abingdon, VA |
Blue Ridge Highlands - Southwest Virginia |
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The Blue
Ridge Chapter of the National Railway Historical
Society is a non-profit organization based in
Lynchburg, Virginia. The Chapter's goal, much
like that of the "National", is to record,
protect, and preserve railroad transportation
history. |
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LYNCHBURG CITY |
Lynchburg, VA |
Shenandoah Valley |
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Located at
Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA, this institute is
the official Blue Ridge Folklore Center of the
state of Virginia. |
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FRANKLIN |
Ferrum, VA |
Blue Ridge Highlands - Southwest Virginia |
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We have a
wonderful collection of artifacts, photos, &
memorabilia from Culpeper Counties historic
past. Hours of Operation Monday thru Saturday
11AM - 5PM. |
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CULPEPER |
Culpeper, VA |
Central Virginia |
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The Museum
of American Frontier Culture is a unique museum
which offers 17th, 18th and 19th century
European and American history as an experience,
featuring appropriate furnishings, crops,
animals, foods, and a knowledgeable staff of
costumed interpreters that help create a living
illustration of life in Europe before
immigration to America and the culture they
built on one of America's first frontiers. |
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STAUNTON CITY |
Staunton, VA |
Shenandoah Valley |
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Located in
Tazewell, Virginia.A wonderful site with lots of
information about calendar of events,
demonstrations and more at the museum. |
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TAZEWELL |
Tazewell, VA |
Blue Ridge Highlands - Southwest Virginia |
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Exquisitely restored 1811 Greek Revival Mansion
situated on a 400 acre working horse farm at the
foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Opulent
collection of period furnishings and beautiful
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CLARKE |
Millwood, VA |
Shenandoah Valley |
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Located in
Weaverville, NC. Features the birthplace of
Zebulon Baird Vance. The five-room log house--
reconstructed around original chimneys--and its
outbuildings are furnished to interpret the
period from 1795 to 1840. Also included is the
history of Vance's famous mountain family. |
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BUNCOMBE |
Weaverville, NC |
Western North Carolina |
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