One of the most abundant minerals in the Earth’s crust, quartz is essential for manufacturing core components of smartphones ...

It was a doughnut hole of unpreserved land.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As of Dec. 16, 19 new National Historic Landmarks were announced by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, each of which reflects ...

Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains offer stunning hiking trails with mountain views, waterfalls, lush forests, and camping experiences for every adventure seeker.

A beautiful landscape of the famous deep layers of the Blue Ridge Mountains under a cloudy blue sky near Ashville, North Carolina in the United States. - Mark Howard/Getty Images With such phenomenal ...

A scenic backdrop and a thriving main street are the draws in Blue Ridge, a small town that’s big on art and culture. The region’s gateway to the Blue Ridge Mountains—the southernmost belt of the ...

CRAVE ADVENTURE? Follow the Appalachian spring from Charlotte, N.C., to Nashville, Tenn., some 480 miles across the Blue Ridge Mountains and Cumberland Plateau via Highways US-74 W and US-64 W. It’s a ...

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Georgia, Blue Ridge is the perfect vacation destination for outdoor ...

Travel along the 500-mile-long Blue Ridge Parkway, part of our national park system. Begun during the Great Depression as a stimulus to the local economy, the 500-mile-long Blue Ridge Parkway is now ...

The Rockies and the Blue Ridge Mountains came in at No. 6 and No. 8, respectively, in a recent ranking of best ranges for mountain vacations. The two North American ranges are the priciest on the list ...

A 26-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway has reopened in western North Carolina - just in time for the busy fall season - marking a major milestone in the state’s recovery nearly one year after ...