Follow my simple North Georgia Mountains day trip itinerary for a fun day trip from Atlanta to Helen and Dahlonega in the ...

You may be surprised to learn that Dahlonega, Georgia, was the site of the first American Gold Rush. In 1828, it happened by accident when a deer hunter stumbled over a rock that was chock-full of ...

Dahlonega is "America's Best Small Wine, Beer, + Spirits Town" according to a new Travel + Leisure ranking. Known for its history in gold mining, location among the Appalachian Mountains, and being ...

The year was 1828, two decades before the California Gold Rush. Benjamin Parks, a humble deer hunter, tripped over an awfully shiny rock and set off North Georgia’s gold rush. In the year that ...

This North Georgia town is a popular spot throughout the year, but HGTV says this time of year, it's like the setting for a ...

Yes, it has beautiful waterfalls, awe-inspiring views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and even gold mining, but those aren’t the reasons Travel and Leisure named Dahlonega one the nation’s best small ...

When Mulberry Sellers proclaimed, “There’s gold in them thar hills!” in Mark Twain’s The American Claimant, he was paraphrasing geologist and assayer Dr. Matthew Fleming Stephenson. From the balcony ...

Filled with friendly locals and overloaded with charm, small towns make the perfect getaway for those looking for a change of pace, a place to ditch city life for just a bit. And during the pandemic, ...

Residents of Dahlonega, Georgia, gathered in celebration on Saturday as horses, dogs, and floats paraded through the town as ...