I explored an abandoned resort town in the Great Smoky Mountains, where the wealthy vacationed a century ago

Business Insider's reporter explored a 1900s resort town in the Great Smoky Mountains, full of historic cabins abandoned by the end of the century. Joey Hadden/Business Insider The last thing I expected to find in Great Smoky Mountains National Park was a resort town. It was abandoned in the late 1900s, but its 100-year-old cabins still stand. I stepped inside the empty vacation homes and found eerie remnants of a past era. Tucked away beneath the towering oaks and pines in the lush woods of Great Smoky Mountains National Park , 100-year-old cabins dot a once- abandoned resort town known as Elkmont. I visited in the spring of 2023 and was amazed to find that the cabins preserved and restored by the National Park Service were open for public viewing.