Tennessee and North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains offer travelers glorious scenery to explore year-round. Home to the Great ...

Gatlinburg has been named the best small town in the Volunteer State by World Atlas. The East Tennessee town is a tourist ...

Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA Info from Licensor: "A mama bear and her 3 cubs walk down Anakeesta mountain (a spur of Mount Le ...

From hikes to viewpoints, these 10 beautiful places in the Great Smoky Mountains will have you reaching for your camera time ...

The Dragonfly Mercury Project is studying dragonflies to determine amount of mercury in national park habitats. The project ...

Looking for the coolest campsites with great views of the Smokies? These were the best in East Tennessee in USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards.

Gatlinburg might be the most famous “small town” on our list, but it’s still a hidden gem compared to big cities. Nestled ...

In the Smokies, wildflowers are out for most of the year - so volunteer Tom Harrington, 85, is too, reporting on the blooms ...

Second, this list does not include the obvious East Tennessee draws, like Dollywood and the Gatlinburg strip. Of course, that area makes for a fun day of tourism, but they've been left off this list ...

A Gatlinburg tourist found herself in a bear ... What to do if you see a black bear in Tennessee If you see a black bear in East Tennessee, though it might be undeniably adorable, do not approach ...

The festival is held in the Smoky Mountains and has been held every year since 2021. Johnston said this is the perfect place to hold the festival. “It got started just because we had an interest in ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Tennessee Army National Guard flight crew rescued an injured hiker from a remote area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Thursday afternoon. Just after 2: ...