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On the southern outskirts of Roanoke, the slightly down-and-out atmosphere of pawnshops and converted industrial buildings gives way to a more pruned, suburban feel. Then after an innocuous-looking turn, the road suddenly narrows, all signs of suburbia disappear, and you are swerving back and forth up and around a mountain.
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Inspired by: Driving Southwestern Virginia’s Mountains — by Thomas Beller, Published May. 2008
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The Sunday brunch here verges on gluttony: eggs Benedict, shrimp and oysters, stands of prime rib, and omelettes.
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L.A. architect, Randall Stout's new building for the Art Museum of Western Virginia sits in the center of Roanoke's revitalized downtown district like
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In addition to works by local craftspeople, the store also stocks vintage books on local Virginia heritage.
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Friday nights at the Floyd Country Store, a "jamboree" of bluegrass music starts at 6:30 and ends around 10:30. The performers are mostly amateurs fro
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The antiques store is a warren of vintage radios, kerosene lamps, tools, and beautiful objects, where you could disappear for hours.
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The store is filled with Deco furniture at reasonable prices.
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The red-roofed log-cabin store sits on the crest of a steep hill. Its porch (in the Fall) is strewn with pumpkins and features a cider press. Elsewher
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Encircled by the rolling Blue Ridge Mountains, and a five-minute drive from the bucolic Blue Ridge Parkway, the North Carolina town of Asheville has been drawing travelers in search of a holistic holi
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Virginia, Washington, Charlottesville, Barboursville
After 200 years of trying, Virginia's wines are finally worthy of consideration…and with well-appointed inns and B&B’s at every turn and multitudes of historical markers, wine-touring here makes perfe
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