Neal Peterson is a plant geneticist who has been breeding pawpaw trees for over 45 years, and has come up with seven varieties of his own. At his home in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, Peterson says the pawpaw is the largest edible fruit native...

At Tom Dodd's home along the South Branch of the Potomac River in Greenspring, West Virginia, he and his friend JP Roby hold their annual cider-pressing party.

Father and daughter Pete Hobbie and Dakota Karper are part of a group of musicians who play together at the Cabin in Hampshire County, West Virginia. They talk about old-time music, how they started playing, and the music genre's future.

A native of Frostburg, Maryland, Mark Bowling learned to climb with his best friend in high school. Since then, he's climbed all over the world, and has worked as a climbing guide in Moab, Utah, and Joshua Tree National Park in California. Whil...

Ben and Hana Yoder began Savage River Farm in the village of Pocahontas, in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, less than ten years ago. While also raising two young children, the Yoders have achieved a successful farming venture, raising various ki...

Reverend Frankie Revell is not only a state champion banjo player but also makes one-of-a-kind stringed instruments from discarded materials. He then sells them to raise money for local people to take driver's education classes so they can comm...

Jason Twigg is a Mount Savage native and thru-hiker who has completed the Triple Crown: 3 epic hikes in the U.S. that include the Pacific Crest Trail, the Continental Divide Trail and the Appalachian Trail. On a hike along Big Savage Mountain i...

Katie Ross and her husband Otto are a both teachers by profession who honed their storytelling skills as members of the West Virginia Storytelling Guild. Often they perform together, with Katie telling the story and Otto providing music and com...

On a beautiful spring morning, Andrea Lay gathers herbs growing at her home, Hidden Hollow Farm, near Keyser, West Virginia. Lay sells many of those herbs at her shop, The Nettle Patch, in Frostburg, Maryland.

On a spring day in April, Park ranger Caroline Blizzard leads a group of people to a hillside in Western Maryland to hunt for ramps – a type of wild onion native to the Appalachian region.