Featured Spotlight Nature resort opened in Old Fort this summer; now expanding, adding more lodging Mike Conley Dec 17, 2025 Dec 17, 2025 Updated Jan 24, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Wunderland Resort in Old Fort, a nature retreat, is expanding.kAm%96 C6D@CE[ =@42E65 2E ccg rFCE:D rC66< #@25[ :D @A6?:?8 ?6H =@58:?8 @AE:@?D 7@C 8F6DED D66<:?8 25G6?EFC6[ H6==?6DD 2?5 C6DE@C2E:G6 6D42A6D[ 6G6? 5FC:?8 E96 4@@=6C >@?E9D[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 2 ?6HD C6=62D6 7C@> (F?56C=2?5 #6D@CE]k^AmkAm%96 C6D@CE @A6?65 E9:D DF>>6C H:E9 E6?E D:E6D[ Q8=2>A:?8Q A@5D[ G:==2D[ 2 D2F?2[ DH:>>:?8 A@?5 2?5 >@C6] %96 C6D@CE H2D DE2CE65 3J $92H? 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Amtrak’s western North Carolina expansion: Bringing passenger rail back to Asheville and beyond The proposed route is a 139-mile journey along Norfolk Southern’s historic S-Line.
