The Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy is one of many stops pilgrims make in the actor’s childhood hometown. It’s filled with memorabilia gathered by his longtime friend Emmett Forrest. CBS Photo ...

An iconic television show synonymous with North Carolina’s cultural fabric continues to resonate with its citizens decades later. Now, a new layer of recognition for The Andy Griffith Show is on the ...

The iconic 1960s sitcom with ties to Mount Airy could become one of North Carolina’s dozens of state symbols if NC House Bill 557 is passed. 6 A.M. NORTH CAROLINA HAS QUITE A FEW STATE SYMBOLS YOU ...

The state House voted Wednesday to add an official state TV show to North Carolina's long list of state symbols. Lawmakers chose "The Andy Griffith Show" for the honor. The 1960s show is set in the ...

North Carolina has dozens of museums and historic sites with curated collections and well-spoken docents telling a version of the state’s official history. From the storage trunk of time, they present ...

Many small towns say they have a Mayberry atmosphere. But there's only one that's the real deal.

A window into Andy Griffith’s Mayberry in Mount Airy. Hobart Jones Surry County Tourism I remember laying on my parent’s bed watching reruns of the “The Andy Griffith Show” on their nine-inch black ...

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. - The newest exhibits in the Andy Griffith Museum include the keys to the Mayberry Jail and a wooden gavel that was on Sheriff Andy Taylor's desk. The museum, which opened Nov. 6, ...

In its TV-land immortality, “The Andy Griffith Show” has already inspired a pair of statues, a museum, an annual festival, a rerun-watchers club and a souvenir collection so it vast it includes an ...

Visitors are guaranteed a Bigfoot sighting since volunteers painted a mural on the side of the Cryptozoology and Paranormal Museum in Littleton. Bigfoot is shown peering out from behind a tree in ...