P H O T O E S S AY ABOVE: Bird Rock Falls, near Balsam Grove, North Carolina, is one of the most compelling falls in Western North Carolina, with an old mill beside it, telling a story of local history and present beauty. PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN MURILLO LEFT: The sun peeks at the cascading falls of Dark Hollow in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. PHOTO BY BRENT MCGUIRT FACING PAGE This is the second of four waterfalls known as "Blue Hole Falls" in the Cherokee National Forest near Elizabethton, Tennessee. Only this one and the third are readily accessible. PHOTO BY JOSHUA MOORE JULY/AUGUST 2019 39