From the Greenville Post and Courier:
It may sound like an eerie manifestation of All Hallows Eve, but no goblins or ghouls emerge from the high-elevation grasses and shrubs of Graveyard Fields, a botanical curiosity in the North Carolina mountains that draws troops of hikers to its unusual trails.Read the full article
Nestled near the Shining Rock Wilderness area of Pisgah National Forest, this high, flat mountain valley might best be viewed as an upside-down "bald." Fields of low vegetation surround the tributaries of the Yellowstone Prong of the Pigeon River, which slides down Upper Falls into the western end of the valley and spills over Second Falls at the eastern limit.
"Yellowstone" is apt, since the Shining Rock Wilderness closely resembles a Rocky Mountain landscape.
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