297 Haywood Street

The Church building that houses the congregation now dubbed ‘Holy Chaos’ was originally built around 1891. It was renovated in … More

Growing up in the Colonel’s Court

This is a guest post by Terry Roberts, the award-winning author and Asheville native who grew up in ‘Sander Court.’ … More

I recently saw an Asheville historian point to the Grove Park and say “Fitzgerald did a lot of writing there,” … More

Thomas Wolfe Start off your day with breakfast at the Writer’s Bistro located 31 Woodfin in the Renaissance Hotel. ‘Inspired by … More

Only in the last fifty years has access to Asheville’s hospitals been available to every citizen. Before the 1950s a … More

Early one friday in mid-March I headed east on I-40 past Greensboro to Sedalia, NC. population 622. I was … More

I have wanted to go on a Hood Huggers Tour for a few months, and I’m glad I finally made … More

Martin Luther King Jr’s second trip to Western North Carolina was in the summer of 1965, again following on the … More

Part One: On January 20th-22nd 1964 Martin Luther King Jr and his Civil Rights organization the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, … More

Today the Biltmore Estate is the reigning queen of attractions in Western North Carolina, and she’s been that way since … More

A simple day in Asheville covering all the favorite spots.

Did you know Nina Simone went to High School in Asheville? Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon NC in 1933, … More