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Tag: Tryon NC

  • Author: Head Tour Guide
  • June 18, 2024

5 Places F. Scott Fitzgerald Stayed in Asheville and WNC

Omni Grove Park Inn has a display dedicated to F. Scott Fitzgerald.

If you’re going to channel your favorite writer, sometimes it helps to walk the streets they walked and stay in the places they stayed. And if that writer happens to be F. Scott Fitzgerald, you have a lot of options to choose from!  Fitzgerald traveled extensively during his career, from his home in St. Paul,…

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  • Author: Head Tour Guide
  • January 7, 2020

Missildine’s Drug Store’s Literary Claim to Fame

At Pacolet and Trade streets in downtown Tryon’s historic district sits a stately brick building. Once a popular community gathering place, today the building has taken on new life. The Nest Artisan Market occupies the street level space, with Harper Eatery & Pub offering comfort food and small plates below. Passersby could be excused from…

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