Mountain Life Museum — Local services in Blairsville

The Mountain Life Museum on School Street in Blairsville, Ga is a must see. There’s an original home and several log cabin-type buildings you walk through, with everything up close and personal. They operate off of donations, and be sure you check for their opening days and times before you go. Our guide was super friendly and very knowledgeable, and everything is kept in tip top shape. We were really impressed with their collection of memorabilia and antiques from...

Small but very nice museum consisting of a restored house from the very early 1900s, a log cabin built in 1861, a barn and blacksmith shop. The blacksmith shop has not been redone yet but the other buildings are open for touring and contain all sorts of historical artifacts. Not at all far from the Blairsville courthouse and takes about 45 minutes to take in. Well...

These magnificent formations are home to my Redbone coonhound’s favored stomping grounds. Their hallowed winds transport me, rapt with sorrow, to a bespoken plane where my people are able to coarse, laud, and coalesce with nature freely. Still, the indiscriminate atmosphere reminds me of how I lost something...