Bears are most active in the spring and summer, meaning you're most likely to encounter a bear in Gatlinburg between April and August, according to the National Park Service website. During these ...

On a recent trip to Tennessee, I lost count of how many people told me the same strange and unusual thing about Great Smoky Mountains National Park. If you stacked up all of the park’s salamanders ...

North Carolina is known for the Great Smoky Mountains, but what is the best town to use as a home base? Skip Asheville and ...