08/23/2026
Happy Sunday, friends.
When guests come to stay with us, many choose to just hang out and chill. They enjoying meeting new friends at our amazing fire pit or swing in a hammock under our huge shade tree (His name is Frank) or rock the hours away in one of our delightful rocking chairs….
Sound good?
Then come on; we’ll be right here waiting for you.
But if you get a wild hair and decide to go exploring, here’s a cool destination to add to your list of places to see while you’re in our gorgeous mountains.
It’s called The Road to Nowhere.
It is a quirky destination in Bryson City which is not that far from us, AKA home base.
Here’s the short version of how it came to be:
When Fontana Dam was built in the 1930s, numerous nearby communities, many just tiny villages, were flooded. Sadly, homes and farms and families were displaced.
The government promised to build a road to allow the displaced residents access to the family cemeteries, etc. but an environmental issue of some sort halted construction. *I’ll have to research more about that part and get back to you*
The result of this incomplete project was a road which literally ends at the end of a tunnel.
Nowhere.
It’s an easy drive to the haunting, quarter-mile-long tunnel.
It’s lovely. And sad. 😞 Visitors often walk through the darkness just to ‘be’.
You can also continue on to several hiking trails if you’re so inclined.
It’s perfect for those days when you have nowhere to be and lots of time to get there.
Go.
It’s worth the trip. 💕
