An iconic early 20th-century mountain home along the Blue Ridge Parkway built by textile magnate Moses Cone and his wife, Bertha, is being restored to its elegant original appearance.
It's going to be a crowded summer in the National Park System, but that doesn't mean you can't find incredible parks that are a bit off the well-beaten path and will offer you both beauty and some solitude without too much work on your part.
President Biden's proposed Fiscal 2022 budget calls for $3.5 billion for the National Park Service, a roughly 12 percent increase from current funding levels, a boost that would allow the agency to add more than 1,000 rangers, expand its science mission, and add a Civilian Conservation Corps to put more workers on the ground repairing park infrastructure.
A hiker in Yellowstone National Park was injured by a bear, possibly a grizzly, Friday morning while hiking on the Beaver Ponds Trail at Mammoth Hot Springs in the park.
While the Woolsey Fire that swept through Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area back in 2018 charred much of the landscape, not all was entirely destroyed, and in fact has provided shelter for a pregnant bobcat. Park staff say a bobcat that was fitted with a radio collar more than a year after the fire turned a charred oak tree into a nursery for her three kittens.
There will be crowds at Sequoia National Park this weekend, but there are a few things you can do to minimize the time you spend in lines, according to park staff.