Blowing Rock is a village in western North Carolina on scenic Blue Ridge Parkway. It’s named after The Blowing Rock, a formation with sweeping views of peaks, forests and the Johns River Gorge. Blowing Rock Art & History Museum has regional artwork. The vast Moses H. Cone Memorial Park is a preserved country estate with a 1901 mansion. A trail from Annie Cannon Gardens leads to Glen Burney and Glen Marie waterfalls.

"The Underrated Destination In North Carolina Everyone Must Visit At Least Once"

Did you know “North Carolina’s Oldest Travel Attraction” is hiding right among other, more well-known attractions? Maybe you do, because you’ve visited here before. You might have visited without even truly knowing the mystical history behind the place Ripley’s Believe It Or Not deemed “The only place in the world where snow falls upside down.”  The Blowing Rock

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