Activities in Asheville + the Mountains

Summer sessions up to a month long are offered at Warren Wilson College’s archaeology field school, where adults and kids as young as 14 are put on si

The 1895 George Vanderbilt estate features 75 acres of gardens, which are bursting with hundreds of chrysanthemums through September.

Kids will love searching for real emeralds and sapphires at the mines.

The largest family-owned winery in North Carolina, and sponsors a concert series on its 200-acre estate every summer.

Sitting squarely atop Mount McAlpine in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Sky Top is aptly named—with an elevation of 2,900 feet, it's one of the highest peak