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30 The Best of the Mountains 2013

North Carolina

Our readers have weighed in on their favorite
places, people, things and happenings in our
region. Congratulations to the winners.

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Georgia

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42 25 Years of Covers: Your Favorites

Region-wide articles
Page 30, Page 42
Page 64, Page 72

We put all 148 Blue Ridge Country covers in
front of our Facebook fans. Here are the 25
most popular.

46 Ghost Town in the Sky Rises from
the Dead to Live Again

Co-founder Alaska Presley has come back
these 50 years later to save the North Carolina
attraction. by Sam Boykin

49 Blossoms and Buddies: The Photoessay
North Carolina photographer Rob Travis
provides a set of marvelous close-ups of
wildflowers and the creatures that visit them.

56 25 Gen X and Gen Y-ers Changing
Our Mountains for the Better

These 30- and 40-somethings are leading the
way in the arts, development and other fields.
by Cara Ellen Modisett

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Our COver
Photographer David Hungate shot
Bill and Kim Stone of Roanoke, Va., at
Mabry Mill, along the Blue Ridge
Parkway at milepost 176.2. Art
direction by Austin Clark and
Caroline McKean. The 196o Austin
Healey MK 3000 is courtesy Don
Petersen. Digital edition animation
includes our original 1988 June/July
cover, shot by Hugh Morton at the
Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge
Parkway, and our Sept/Oct 2007
cover, shot at Sherando Lake in
Virginia by Pat and Chuck Blackley.

64 Beer! A Tasting Tour of Notable

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Microbrews in the Mountains

One of the more pleasant changes in our
region over recent years has been the
explosion of great beer. by Annie Tobey

72 Then & Now: A Photo Tour

Some things about the classic mountain
attractions never change; some do.
by Joe Tennis

80 Chefs of the Mountains, Part III

We conclude our North Carolina tour with
visits to Banner Elk's Sorrento's and Lake Lure's
Season's. by John Batchelor

86 Cabin in the Woods

Rob tRavis

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Asheville's Log Cabin Motor Court
is a preserved classic. by Joe Tennis
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