Planning a summer road trip? Canada is actually a closer drive from Knoxville than these popular U.S destinations.

Place names affect how people perceive, experience and emotionally connect to their surroundings in both conscious and subconscious ways. Psychologists, sociologists and geographers have explored how ...

Stay up to date with the location and size of fires with our North Carolina wildfire and smoke map. The map is interactive, ...

Discover the 20 Most Dangerous National Parks in The US in this in-depth look at extreme terrains, unpredictable wildlife, ...

The synchronous fireflies are always a popular spectacle. But with cuts at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, can you enter ...

We can all agree that the national parks in the United States are breathtakingly beautiful and chock-full of opportunities to ...

Tucked in the eastern corner of Tennessee, Gatlinburg is more than just a stop on a map. It’s the kind of place that speaks ...

The largest fires in Western North Carolina were the Deep Woods and Black Cove fires in Polk County, not far from the S.C.

With much of Western North Carolina under moderate drought or abnormally dry conditions, wildfires are burning in the region.