Much of the time, it’s been underwater. But we do have an odd relationship with the Appalachian Mountains after all. Eons ago, the Smoky Mountains were like today’s Rocky Mountains—soaring, craggy and ...

Mount Everest is the world’s tallest mountain, and it is more than just a challenge for climbers—it is considered sacred by the indigenous Sherpas and Tibetans. Known as “Chomolungma” or “Mother ...

Famed for its varied landscapes, which range from its Atlantic Ocean coastline to the Appalachian Mountains, it has been an important part of America's history since colonial days through the ...

ENVIRONMENT. The National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service are major public partners of the organization that has overseen management of the trail for 100 years. The Appalachian Trail. For many in ...

Lee University is a private, Christ-centered university located in Cleveland, Tennessee, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. For more information, visit www.leeuniversity.edu.

Bomber Eric Rudolph, described by authorities as a skilled outdoorsman, evaded law officers for years in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina. It was a five-year manhunt that ...

Over the years, cultural and musical practices blended in the hills and hollers of the Appalachian Mountains. “[Those practices] blended so long ago that we have to be careful about making too ...

But what most tourists won’t do is keep driving east out of Lexington, beyond the boutique hotels, hipster speakeasies and revered tasting rooms and deep into the Appalachian mountains.

Eight months after Hurricane Helene devastated areas of North Carolina, locals hope their rarest residents – glowing "blue ghost" fireflies – can help bring visitors back. If you walk quietly ...

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing ...

After serving as chief of staff when Carter was governor of Georgia, he followed him to Washington, where both men encountered a hostile political establishment. By Alex Traub Frank Moore, who as ...

John Forbes Nash Jr. was born on June 13, 1928, in Bluefield, West Virginia, a small industrial town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains. His father was an electrical engineer and his mother was a ...