Andy Griffith Museum  *  Mount Airy, NC

Phone: 336-786-1604

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Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina is home to the new Andy Griffith Museum. Come see the largest collection of Andy Griffith memorabilia collected by his friend Emmett Forrest. New items are donated and archived pieces are brought out for display, so your visit to the museum will always have something new to see. The collection features hundreds of items from the life and career of Andy Griffith in movies, television and music as well as a variety of memorabilia. There are even actual props from The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock given by Andy Griffith himself. The collection also includes items donated by cast members and actors from The Andy Griffith Show as well as a special section on the career of actress and current Mount Airy resident Betty Lynn.

Blacksnake Meadery  *  Dugspur, VA

Phone: 540-834-6172

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Welcome to Blacksnake Meadery, Carroll County’s first winery and Southwest Virginia’s only meadery. We are a family-owned and operated business in the beautiful southern Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia.

Blue Ridge Parkway  *  Virginia

Phone: 828-298-0398

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A Blue Ridge Parkway experience is unlike any other, a slow-paced and relaxing drive revealing stunning long-range vistas and close-up views of the rugged mountains and pastoral landscapes of the Appalachian Highlands. Protecting a diversity of plants and animals, the Parkway meanders for 469 miles, providing opportunities for enjoying all that makes this region of the country so special.

Chateau Morrisette  *  Blue Ridge Parkway

Phone: 540-593-2865

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Chateau Morrisette hand-crafts quality Virginia wines at our vineyard and winery on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Known for specialty wines like Our Dog Blue and The Black Dog, we offer over twenty varieties of dry, off-dry, sweet and fruit wines. Join us year-round for gracious southern hospitality in our Tasting Room, the Chateau Restaurant and at our Black Dog Music Festivals and special wine events. Visit us soon for your total wine experience.

Labor Day Gun Show & Flea Market  *  Hillsville, VA

Phone: 276-728-2911

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Come to Hillsville, Virginia, just about any other weekend of the year and you will find a nice but sleepy town of just a few thousand folks. But come to Hillsville on Labor Day weekend -- the first weekend in September -- and you will find that sleepy little town has become a bustling metropolis of flea market and gun show sellers and buyers half a million strong. VFW Post 1115 has been sponsoring the Labor Day Gun Show & Flea Market since the late 1960s and it has become one of the biggest events of its type in the state --- perhaps in the nation.

Old Fiddlers' Convention  *  Galax, VA

Phone: 276-236-8541

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Before the second weekend in August each year, lovers of country and mountain music leave their homes in time to be in Galax, VA for the Annual Old Fiddler's Convention. The Old Fiddler's Convention was originated in the spring of 1935 when a few members of the then new Moose Lodge #733 needed something to raise funds and promote publicity. In a newspaper item at the time it was stated that the Convention was dedicated to "Keeping alive the memories and sentiments of days gone by and make it possible for people of today to hear and enjoy the tunes of yesterday". The original purpose is held in the same regard today, and the sponsors feel that in some measure this purpose has been accomplished.