The Tennessee Smokies is a great place to spend the holidays, especially Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. All of the cities decorate for the season and light up the streets and stores with Christmas lights and animated displays. There are Trolley Tours, Hayrides, Parades and special events, but one of the most delightful and enjoyable things to [...]
Gatlinburg is also packed with Winterfest events. Their Winter Magic Trolley Ride of Lights runs through January, the Great Smoky Thanksgiving Arts & Crafts Show runs November 26 through December 1, 2013, and the characters from Winter Magic Tunes & Tales entertain from November 29 through December 21, 2013. Other events include the Nutcracker "Sweet", the [...]
The Foothills Parkway between Highway 32 and Interstate 40 just outside of Cosby, Tennessee, was a perfect place to view the colors on Saturday. The day dawned bright and the temperature was cool and crisp, ideal for a long-sleeved shirt or light jacket. There are several pull-overs which not only offer great places to stop [...]
Winterfest is a county-wide celebration of the joy, the fun and the splendor of winter in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. The three cities of Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and Sevierville kick-off the season the second week of November with Parades, Chili Cook-offs and lighting ceremonies with visiting celebrities. Each city throws the switch on [...]
Santa's Land opened their doors in 1967 in Cherokee, North Carolina, and they have been putting smiles and children's and adults faces ever since. It has always been a family business and is still owned and operated by the original owner.
To keep the mansion at the peak of scariness, the ghouls who run the place have upgraded several rooms, added more creepy creatures, and added some technology to draw the last screams out of their "guests". Their goal is to scare each and every person that dares to cross their doorway and leave them with nightmares [...]
George and Ellice Martin were Canadians living in the Bahamas. George was a CPA with a Public Accounting practice and he decided to start a career in merchandising. He and Ellice had vacationed in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, so they decided to check out the town. They liked the tourism activity so they decided to move there. They knew that table linens [...]
The Gatlinburg Craftsmen's Fair has been a Gatlinburg Tennessee tradition for 38 years. It has been voted one of the Southeast's "Most Popular Events", and it hosts Artisans and Craftsmen from all over the United States. There are 200 booths in this Open to the Public event, and not only are the hand-made products beautiful [...]
Foxfire Mountain in Sevierville, TN, is best known as an outdoor attraction in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. They began by building Ziplines for visitors to ride through the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains, then they added an ATV Bear Crawler Adventures and the longest swinging bridge in the United States. The swinging bridge is what [...]
Fall In The Smokies Fall is a fabulous time to visit the Tennessee Smokies. Mother Nature provides weather that is as close to perfect as one could want, and in October and early November she paints the Smokies with red, gold, yellow and orange colors that can take your breath away. [...]