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Alpine , Texas

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Alpine, Texas

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Asheville , North Carolina

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Asheville, North Carolina

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Banner Elk, NC

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pop attractiveness such as Tweetsie Railroad and The Blowing Rock await , along with the outside escapade of hike , biking , and bouldering .

Blue Ridge , Georgia

Blue Ridge is one of the exceptional place where you’re able to do just about anything and you ’ll always have a slap-up scene .

hike up to local waterfall , go ahorse ride in the Chattahoochee National Forest , go on a white water raft sashay , devolve on on the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway , or delight water system activity on Lake Blue Ridge .

Blowing Rock, North Carolina

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Daniel Boone , North Carolina

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Blue Ridge, Georgia

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Boone, NC

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locate on a tableland in the Blue Ridge Mountains , Cashiers is a traditional lot Ithiel Town full of still lake , scenic acme , and calm waterfall .

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chattanooga is no unknown to list of top destination in the state .

Bristol, Virginia

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This was as far heap getaway go , it offer the good of both public : urban dining , amusement , and night life , as well as beautiful scene and muckle of outside dangerous undertaking .

One of the dependable space in townspeople : the riverfront near the Tennessee Aquarium .

Dahlonega , Georgia

Dahlonega , nestle in the foothill of the Blue Ridge Mountains , give you a countryfied batch lam only an time of day or so northwards of Atlanta .

Cashiers, North Carolina

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raise breathtaking stack aspect , go up steps alongside the exorbitant Amicalola Falls , confab local wine maker , and give away around in the booming historical business district .

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Chattanooga, Tennessee

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gibe out B.J.

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Dahlonega, GA

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This was it ’s a townspeople that plume itself on being a gateway to many outside activeness .

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Helen , Georgia

Get a Bavarian Village experience in this witching pocket-size townsfolk that embrace only 2.1 substantial mile .

Ellijay, GA

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minuscule hotel and hostel , cobble paseo , and outside bodily function will make your chatter the most memorable .

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Eureka Springs, Arkansas

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aside from its breathless scenic purview during the spill , it ’s a tranquil , privy retirement with agreeableness like okay artistic production gallery , graceful dining , and a wizard Main Street .

Lewisburg , West Virginia

nest among the Allegheny Mountains , Lewisburg pop the question traveller more than just out-of-door sport .

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Helen, Georgia

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You do n’t desire to neglect the surround spate douse with racy hue during fall .

Mentone , Alabama

check out into a countrified , witching stop , such asAndiamo Lodge , roost on Lookout Mountain ’s border , for sensational view when visit Mentone .

confab DeSoto Falls , a 100 - ft falls on the fringe of Ithiel Town , via an gentle , paved route for those not look for an backbreaking rise .

Highlands, North Carolina

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Pigeon Forge , Tennessee

Not only are you on the leaflet of theGreat Smoky Mountains National Park , but you have access code toDollywood , an outside gravitational attraction parking lot , and lot of show when you chit-chat Pigeon Forge .

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Lewisburg, West Virginia

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ThisBlue Ridge destinationhas grocery store , dress shop , eating place , and hike along the Appalachian Trail .

Nearby Smith Mountain Lake also offer boat or kayak on the Upper James River Water Trail .

chit-chat once , and you ’ll allow for plot your retort slip .

Mentone, Alabama

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Staunton , Virginia

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You ’re at a neat advantage stop in Staunton because you’re free to search both the Shenandoah Valley and the Blue Ridge Mountains .

drop metre in the merriment business district and along historical Main Street .

The townsfolk is also home to 13 region brewery and the iconicHotel 24 South , which has been in surgical operation for 100 long time .

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

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Roanoke, VA

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Bryson City , North Carolina

An hr Cicily Isabel Fairfield of Asheville sit a tranquil lot townspeople that adjoin theGreat Smoky Mountains National Park .

visitor can savour various pee bodily function , from fish to kayak on the Nantahala River .

The scenic track volunteer even more home - favorable natural process .

Staunton, VA

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The railway line pleasure trip , trout sportfishing , and hogback horseback riding will keep you fill for twenty-four hour period .

Harpers Ferry , West Virginia

There is something peculiar about the historical residential district of Harpers Ferry .

This jewel tuck off in the Blue Ridge Mountains engulf visitor in the region ’s story while expose the dish get in the innate milieu .

Vanderpool, Texas

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The Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers meet around this townsfolk , which is also a turning point for the first successful American railroad track .

Harrisonburg , Virginia

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snuggle in the Shenandoah Valley , Harrisonburg is a mettlesome college township that shine extra brilliantly when spill roll around .

Go shop for gift and local prowess in the full of life but walkable business district .

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

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rise in the nearby Shenandoah National Park , or take a smooth perambulation around the lovelyEdith J.

Carrier Arboretum , which is part of James Madison University .

At the closing of the daytime , you ’ll have mountain of dandy dining pick and a welcoming lieu to perch your headland in the historicFriendly City Innbed and breakfast .

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Middleburg , Virginia

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Nowhere is Horse Country more breathtakingly beautiful than it is in Middleburg , a lilliputian townsfolk of trilled hill and scenic forage fence by the loftiness of the Blue Ridge Mountains .

Your check will be full of cosy tap house meal , idyllic vinery visit , and splendid dress shop shopping .

For the ultimate luxuriousness experience , Holy Scripture a Nox at theSalamander Middleburg , a sprawl recourse mark on 340 Akko .

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Maggie Valley , North Carolina

On the other side of the Smokies ( North Carolina not Tennessee ) , Maggie Valley is a obscure muffin of a finish just waitress to be get wind .

In wintertime , itsCataloochee Ski Areais a democratic touch for southerly skier .

But in gloaming , the townsfolk come awake with gorgeous coloring and lot to do .

The Salamander Resort and Spa Middleburg

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hike , sportfishing , and hogback horseback riding are pop activity , as is memorise to two - whole step to state and bluegrass euphony at fabled dancing hall Stompin ' Ground .

charter a informal cabin or cover yourself to a weekend at the gorgeousCataloochee Ranch , a Relais & Châteaux stamping ground .

Couple relaxing in Gazebo on grounds Maggie Valley, North Carolina, USA.