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Discover this vibrant mountain town in Western North Carolina that showcases breweries, delicious restaurants, and close ...

BOONE, N.C. — Freddie Pell helps lift a vintage wooden chair off the sidewalk and back inside his art gallery. It's starting to rain in downtown Boone, and he doesn't want it to get soaked — again.

After the last whispers of gold and crimson fade from the ridges of the Blue Ridge Mountains and before winter sets in, there ...