Iconic Locations: Dragon's Tooth

The Green Tunnel by Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

Oct 31, 202308:39History

While no one has ever seen a dragon along the Appalachian Trail, hundreds of thousands of hikers have seen a dragon's tooth. Viewed from a distance this geological formation looks like one very large, very snaggly fang s...

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