Uncover precious gems and lots of fun at Sugar Creek Gem Mine in Banner Elk. Uncover precious gems and lots of fun at Sugar Creek Gem Mine in Banner Elk.

If you're going on a road trip, I hope you're staying open-minded and flexible. After all, there's nothing better than spying on a weird roadside attraction, then peeling off at the next exit to get a ...

OLD SAYBROOK -- It's not quite Sutter's Creek, where gold was found in the winter of 1848, touching off the famed California Gold Rush. You won't hit the mother lode at the Lucky 33 Gemstone Flume ...

HELEN — Spread out over 5,664 acres of Dukes Creek Valley in North Georgia, Smithgall Woods State Park draws in-the-know travelers who crave forested mountain solitude. It’s much larger than ...