I don't know if you can get the pictures from the Knoxville News-Sentinel online, but if you can, there is a picture that you need to see. It was made in Cades Cove, a part of the Great Smoky Mountains NP. The Cove is a broad valley surrounded by mountains and contains a number of old structures from the pioneer days. There is a lady who lived there as a child, and she spends her time searching for old farm sites. Usually, the buildings are gone, but there is other evidence that a farmstead was there at one time. She said she saw a cabin in the distance against a line of trees. Being familiar with the area, she knew there was no cabin there. However she took a picture and you can clearly see a cabin with a tin roof, chimney, and windows. There is even a shadow that could be the shadow of the cabin. Her husband who was with her didn't see it until he saw the picture. So they went back with their son and took pictures with a video camera, digital camera and a film camera. The cabin was still there, so they walked over to it and it was gone. I am not making this up. It was in the paper this morning.

Cades Cove is a beautiful place with a paved, one lane, one way loop that takes you past churches, cabins, barns, and a mill with a waterwheel that still grinds meal. It has abundant wildlife and beautiful streams. Much of it is open meadows, but there are lots of wooded areas as well. It also has its share of legends and ghost stories.
Oh, did I mention how the lady who photograped the cabin, was able to find the old farm sites? She uses a wire divining rod. It must work great, because she has been successful at finding sites that the park service didn't know about. Lots of them.
I think I'll take a run up to Cades Cove in a couple of days.
Howard