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Welcome to DanTraveling! Most weekends, my wife, Janet, and I pick a path on our map and drive off in that direction just to see what we can see. Over the years we have been down many roads and had quite a few adventures, and some long boring drives that seemingly served no real purpose.

We come home, go to work Monday mornings and tell our friends and family about our trip, and people always say, "Gosh, that sounds like fun, how do we get there?" Since we are not cartographers ourselves, we thought we would organize these excursions by major interstates, give a summary and opinion about each site, and let you decide what sounds like fun to you.

Oh, and perhaps I should have said 'opinions' since we don't always agree on whether a site was interesting or not, there will be a 'he said' opinion and a seperate but equally brilliant 'she said' opinion. You see, he likes civil war sites, she prefers culturally unique sites; he prefers BBQ stands while she likes vineyard tours; we both like natural places, hiking trails, and waterfalls, but only one of us loves shoestores. And she once bought a purse in a gas station, too, but that is another    story...

We're curious about your travels too. Tell us what you think of these sites or sites you would recommend in the Southeast USA.

Check out our Ghost Town Elkmont Houses video featured on YouTube.

dan mccoig - narration

nick ulmer - music

janet lockerby - photographs

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Nashville to MOuntain Mamas on I-40 in Tennessee

the Hermitage -home of Andrew Jackson

Fall Creek Falls State Park

Muddy Pond Mennonite Community

Pall Mall home of SGT York WW1 Hero

Big Soth Fork

Rugby

Obed Scenic Area

Frozenhead State Park

Cumberland Falls

Bandy Creek

Stonehaus Winery

Ozone Falls

Dayton Tennessee Scopes Monkey Trial, Darwin's theory of evolution taught in school

Townsend

Little river Railroad and lumber company museum

Elkmont Houses

Wonderland Hotel

Great Smoky Mountains

Newfound Gap

Clingman's Dome

Chimney Tops

Knoxville Tennessee

Bleak House

Marble Springs

Ijams nature center

Fort Dickerson

James White Fort

WDVX Bluegrass Radio Station

Ramsey House

Sevierville Tennessee

Del Rio

Hot Springs

Big Creek

Mountain Momas

I-40 in North Carolina

Cherokee

Lake Junaluska

Waynesville

Maggie Valley

Bryson City

Nantahala

Fontana Dam

Cherohala Skyway

Asheville

Chimney Rock

Lake Lure

Blue Ridge Parkway

Glen Alpine

Morganton

Valdese Waldensian Winery

Lincolnton

Hiddenite

Wineries and Vineyards

Winston Salem

Reynolds House

Trade Street

Old Salem

Fairy Stone Park Virginia

High Point

West Virginia to South Carolina on I-77

Point Pleasant - Moth Man, Silver Bridge

Blenko Glass Factory

Tamarack

Pearisburg

Cascades Water Falls

Buffalo Burgers

Pinnacle Rock

Bramwell West Virginia

Pocahontas Virginia Coal Mine Tour

The Shot Tower

Fancy Gap

Mount Airy Mayberry Andy Griffith Museum

The Siamese Twins

Donna Fargo

Mayberry Motor Lodge

Goobers 52

Pilot Mountain

Latta Plantation

Charlotte

Waxhaw

Fort Mill Past Home of Jim and Tammy Bakers PTL Club

Rock Hill

Brattonsville they filmed part of the Patriot with Mel Gibson here

Kentucky to Georgia on I-75

Berea Kentucky

Dogpatch

Corbin Kentucky Fried Chicken Museum

Cumberland Falls

Cumberland Gap

Wilderness Fort Virginia

Museum of Appalachia

Lost Sea

Vonore

Fort Loudon

Cherokee Museum

Dayton

Chattanooga

Rock City

Point Park

Chickamauga

Indian Mound Echota

Smoky Mountains

Townsend Tennessee

Natural Bridge Virginia

The Wonderland Hotel

Pocahontas Virginia