KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — In this week’s edition of Smoky Mountain Minute, author David Brill stops into the WATE 6 On Your Side studio to discuss his book, “Into the Mist: Tales of Death and Disaster ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A musician who recently discovered his family’s history in the Smokies is sharing a new song inspired by Mingus Mill and the people who lived there. The song, by Eric Mingus, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Cades Cove Orientation Facility (shown here in 1959) was an ideal place to debut the new interpretive materials developed by ...

SEVIERVILLE, TN (WSPA) – Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg are the cities that likely first come to mind when you think about the Great Smoky Mountains in eastern Tennessee. But the county’s largest city, ...

Growing up in Swain County, North Carolina, Nathan Dee Greene ate a lot of apples. The family had several trees of their own, but every fall, they bought bushels from the nearby orchard on Laurel ...

One hundred years ago this month an idea inspired a movement. The result: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While the mountain range has long loomed over the region, the Smokies owes its status ...

Just as the leaves begin to turn, visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park can turn back the clock and get a taste of daily life long ago in the Appalachian Mountains. The annual Mountain Life ...

It can be hard to get (and keep) kids interested in the past. Adding in some furry friends and a few ways to get hands-on, ...

If you’ve ever worried that your kids are growing up without traditional skills, the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center ...

PIGEON FORGE, T.N. (WSPA) – More than 13 million people visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2023. That’s the second most on record. Many of those same visitors, plus many more, will ...