Today, the Appalachian Mountains are one of the premier hiking destinations in the U.S. With incredible landscapes and dramatic peaks, it's easy to see why people love this scenic range. However, this ...

This light was especially symbolic at Christmas, when settlers in frontier Appalachia — many of them Scot-Irish — faced hard ...

If you want to spend a weekend camping in the Blue Ridge Mountains, an Appalachian range in the Eastern U.S., try to book a ...

Over the past six years, thousands of hikers have snapped photos of plants and animals on the Appalachian Trail. They’ve uploaded those photos to an app called iNaturalist, which records their ...

In the old hills of Appalachia, time once moved at a slower pace, sometimes to the slow rhythm of a butter churn. Long before ...

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy has announced nearly $500,000 in grants for conservation organizations, including some in ...