Things To Do

Artisanal Restaurant

Get reservations yesterday!

Barberitos Southwestern Grille & Cantina

A must visit for fast casual chain Mexican dining

Appalachia Cookie Company

Made-to-order cookies. Get the cookie brownie. Thank us later.

Linn Cove Visitor Center

Linville Falls

A pleasant hike featuring a pretty waterfall

Blowing Rock

Take a stroll through charming downtown Blowing Rock. Enjoy one of the breweries or fine art galleries. There is also a Tervis Tumbler shop, where you can purchase a commemorative tumbler. Mention the Robb-Rhodes wedding and they'll give you one at the regular price!

Blowing Rock Brewing Company

Are these pretzels making you thirsty? Stop in Banner Elk Brewery for some beer. And pretzels. (Also they have other, non-pretzel foods for mealtimes.)

Moses Cone Manor

Tweetsie Railroad

A Wild West themed amusement park. Surprisingly expensive, but no longer overtly racist!

Land of OZ

This once abandoned Wizard of Oz themed amusement park is opened for “Journey with Dorothy!” this weekend. Not sure what that entails but it’s likely an allegory for turn of the last century American politics.