The Town of Kinards in traces its roots to the first part of the nineteenth century when Captain Martin Kinard, Jr., moved just north of present-day and established his plantation. The hamlet became more populated as the Laurens Railroad began operating here in 1854....

Completed in 1909, the Basilica of St. Lawrence D.M. is one of Asheville's architectural treasures and spiritual anchors. Designed by Rafael Gustavino and Richard Sharpe Smith, renowned architects on the Biltmore House, this Catholic church has the largest...