Guided Tours – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Michael Felk

“Tinsmithing is my passion,” says Michael Felk, who practices the artwork with a deep understanding...

While no one wishes for the nation’s economy to take a dive, there can be...

Western North Carolina is a region where many folk traditions are strongly associated with particular...

Forty years ago, Henderson County general store owner J. H. Stepp decided to leave the...

Freeman Owle tells traditional Cherokee stories, carves wood and stone, and talks about Cherokee culture...

"My great-great grandma, my great-grandma, and my grandma were all herb women, called 'yarb women'"...

Potter Rodney Leftwich says that he and his wife Kim "love the heritage of the...

When Janice Inabinett told her aunt that she had decided to become a storyteller, her...