Escaped enslaved Africans formed hidden maroon communities in the Great Dismal Swamp, creating freedom in one of America’s ...

Jim Sullivan, a Southern Californian, was visiting his daughter in Omaha, Neb., eight years ago when a friend tipped him off to Dismal River Club in Mullen, a five-hour drive from Omaha. “I looked at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Dismal Swamp is home to one of Virginia’s highest concentrations of black bears, according to the Virginia Department of ...

The Great Dismal Swamp, as the name given to it by mosquito-swatting British colonists implies, isn’t always hospitable to humans. Although it’s now part of a popular national wildlife refuge and ...

A spectacular image of a rare "rainbow pool" phenomenon has been captured at a swamp in Virginia. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) posted the photo—taken in the Great Dismal Swamp National ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – The Norfolk District’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced that the Great Dismal Swamp Canal will be temporarily closed. Starting on Jan. 8 through March 31, the Great ...

There are hidden places in North Carolina where you can walk in the footsteps of the Underground Railroad – where you can see what freedom seekers saw and try to gain a deeper understanding of the ...

President Joe Biden on Friday began the process of designating the Great Dismal Swamp as a National Heritage Area in recognition of its history and connections with local Indigenous tribes and African ...

A trip up the Dismal Swamp Canal and a look at the art of fresco with artist Ben Long. Storyteller Bland Simpson takes a historical trip up the Intracoastal Waterway’s Dismal Swamp Canal, the oldest ...