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The Roanoke Valley has marketed itself as an outdoor destination, from biking to kayaking to hiking.

I danska storstaden finns något att upptäcka för alla

3 augusti 2021 08:01 I år har det blivit allt mer populärt att ha naturen som sitt resmål. I danska Århus finns flera fina naturupplevelser på nära håll – men också ett kulturutbud i toppklass. Där går att kombinera det bästa av två världar under en och samma weekend! Upptäck Århus stora utbud av kultur. Foto: Robin Skjoldborg. Kultur för alla Århus är Danmarks andra största stad, men den första när det kommer till kulturupplevelser. 2017 var Århus Europas kulturhuvudst...

Urban kayaking on the Roanoke River: You don’t know what you’re missing We asked the experts if the river deserves to be in the top three in the Updated:  Urban kayaking on the Roanoke River: You don’t know what you’re missing If that seems like high praise for a relatively small river once considered too dirty to play in, those who use it regularly say you need to look again. During a day of paddling with four certified paddling instructors who have taken their boats all over the cou...

Once upon a time, there was an organization known as Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Over the course of 32 years, the nonprofit group raised funds to support maintenance and beautification efforts along its 469-mile-long namesake. The parkway is often cited as America’s most-visited national park. In some of those years, the group raised millions of dollars, according to its tax returns. Even more importantly, the organization annually fielded and organized thousands of hours of labor b...

By Ray Cox Special to The Roanoke Times Experience tells us some questions endure and nag. One, you may have heard before: The train has long since pulled away but whatever became of the station from which it departed? A variation of that query dealt with here recently has been the fate of the old Buchanan depot after Norfolk & Western train service ceased there. A twisty track has led us to a forgotten plan to deconstruct and reassemble that old station as part of failed effort to ...

Reporting from the unsolved mysteries desk, there are no new developments in the case of the missing Buchanan train depot. Despair not. More details have emerged about its history between closing and its removal from its hometown to an undisclosed location. The inquiry began when Jessie Burton, citizen of that splendid small town, came here seeking help to trace the whereabouts of the remains of the historic structure after they were hastened away by those who had handled the demolition in the ...

Good mysteries are popular with both newspaper readers and content providers. Unsolved mysteries are less satisfying but inevitable. You’ve seen them in this space before and foolish pride does not

Roanoke County's largest park got some new additions this weekend.