Obscura Day is an Atlas Obscura tradition where the whole team takes a day off to explore—whether it’s a nearby hidden gem or a distant, wondrous site. Check out the places our team visited. Johanna Mayer, Senior Producer I was in North Carolina for a music festival, so I decided to explore some of the nearby natural wonders in the jaw-dropping Blue Ridge Mountains. After hiking through mountain laurel-draped trails, we headed to Blowing Rock—a jagged cliff that towers 4,000 above sea level and is the product of 250 million…
