Turns out Avery County, NC is interesting.
TourPods has 6 narrated audio stories about Avery County — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
Grandfather Mountain
Selling a Mountain Without Losing Its Soul
How Hugh Morton made Grandfather famous and argued for keeping it wild.
Grandfather Mountain
The Old Man in the Blue Ridge
How a stone face helped turn a mountain into a legend.
Lees-McRae College
How a Mountain College Became a Cycling Power
In Banner Elk, steep roads helped build a national cycling force.
Avery County
Where the Mountains Put a County Seat
A new county meant a new center of daily civic life.
Avery County
The Name That Reaches Back to Statehood
How Avery County inherited a founding-era political legacy.
Avery County
When Old Fields of Toe Became Newland
A mountain county seat shaped by a political rename.
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