The final weekend of September brings fall, elk, cider and harvest festivals, plus concerts, six Oktoberfests and six college football games.

From free activities to animal encounters, we’ve selected some of the best things to do in the capital this autumn ...

The bears are extremely fat this year, and I’m looking forward to seeing how people react to how fat they are,” says the former ranger who helped invent the popular contest.

Being a large, metropolitan hub nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, you can be sure to find plenty of things to do in Roanoke. Roanoke in Virginia is less than a 3-hour drive from ...