Just 75 miles north of Asheville, Grandfather Mountain dares you to test your nerves on the Mile High Swinging Bridge, the highest suspension footbridge in the U.S. at 5,280 feet above sea level.

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Ajax, the beloved Grandfather Mountain bald eagle, died Wednesday due to complications from an infection, officials with the N.C. nature park in Linville said. He was 11. “We will miss his ...

Grandfather Mountain is mourning the loss of an 11-year-old bald eagle.Ajax the bald eagle died on Wednesday following complications from an infection he developed.“We will miss his strength and ...

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He came from the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in central Florida, after falling from his nest on a golf course.

“He was always so regal and stately.” Ajax arrived at Grandfather Mountain, home to the mile-high swinging bridge, on Aug. 26, 2015, when he was estimated to be about 1 1/2 years old.